Seminar of the Institute of Theoretical Physics of University of Wrocław
12:15, 16-03-18
UWr, pl. Maksa Borna 9, sala 163
UWr, pl. Maksa Borna 9, sala 163
First direct detection of a gravitational wave
dr Arkadiusz Błaut
On 14 September 2015 gravitational waves have been detected for the first time by the two LIGO detectors in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana US. The strong signal was generated by the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion years ago. I will present the discovery giving first an introduction to the gravitational waves physics and methods of their detection.
