Gravitational Waves: reviewing the discovery and its implications

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• Christopher Moore (IoA)
• Friday 19 February 2016, 11:30-12:30
• Kavli LMR, IoA.

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Following the recent announcement of the first detection of gravitational waves I will review the main results of the discovery with a focus on the analysis that leads to the estimates of the binary black hole parameters (including the black hole masses and spins). I will also discuss some of the implications of this discovery for astrophysics more generally.

Useful references:

• “Detection paper”, arXiv:1602.03837
• “Astrophysical implications paper”, arXiv:1602.03846

This talk is part of the Galaxies Discussion Group series.

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