P&A Colloquium – Dr. Jess McIver, University of British Columbia
Jan 24, 2024
3:30PM to 4:30PM
1280 Main St. West, ABB 102, Hamilton, Canada
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Date/Time
Date(s) - 24/01/2024
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
Physics and Astronomy Department
ABB room 102
Dr. Jess McIver (she/her)
Canada Research Chair in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
https://phas.ubc.ca/users/jess-mciver
Title: New discoveries with gravitational-wave astrophysics
Abstract:
In the last six years, the field of gravitational wave astrophysics has grown from a groundbreaking first discovery to revealing new populations of black holes and neutron stars through distant cosmic collisions, which has provided new insights into extreme spacetime curvatures, cosmology, and ultra-dense matter as well as the origin of heavy elements. I’ll give an overview of the current Advanced LIGO detectors and summarize recent results from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network and their wide-reaching implications. I’ll close with prospects for the future of multi-messenger astrophysics with gravitational wave detectors on Earth and in space.