The Latest Results from the LIGO-Virgo O3 Observing Run [CANCELLED!]

Event Date:
2020-09-10T16:00:00
2020-09-10T17:00:00
Event Location:
Connect via zoom
Speaker:
Ben Farr (Oregon)
URL:
Zoom link
Related Upcoming Events:
Department Colloquia
Intended Audience:
Undergraduate
Local Contact:

Douglas Scott

Event Information:

Unfortunately this presentation has had to be cancelled because of fires in Oregon - it will be rescheduled for some later date.

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger, the LIGO and Virgo detectors have collected an impressive census of compact binary mergers in the local universe. By the end of the second observing run in August 2017 the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration claimed a total of 10 binary black hole mergers and one binary neutron star merger. The third observing run spanned April 2019 through March 2020, during which the collaborations alerted the astronomical community of 56 merger candidates.  Thus far, the exceptional events announced by the collaboration include GW190425, GW190412, GW190814, and GW190521. I will present some of what ground-based gravitational wave astronomy has taught us about compact binaries over the last five years, and what may lie ahead.

 

Add to Calendar 2020-09-10T16:00:00 2020-09-10T17:00:00 The Latest Results from the LIGO-Virgo O3 Observing Run [CANCELLED!] Event Information: Unfortunately this presentation has had to be cancelled because of fires in Oregon - it will be rescheduled for some later date. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger, the LIGO and Virgo detectors have collected an impressive census of compact binary mergers in the local universe. By the end of the second observing run in August 2017 the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration claimed a total of 10 binary black hole mergers and one binary neutron star merger. The third observing run spanned April 2019 through March 2020, during which the collaborations alerted the astronomical community of 56 merger candidates.  Thus far, the exceptional events announced by the collaboration include GW190425, GW190412, GW190814, and GW190521. I will present some of what ground-based gravitational wave astronomy has taught us about compact binaries over the last five years, and what may lie ahead.   Event Location: Connect via zoom