Abstract:
Since the revolutionary discovery of gravitational wave (GW) emission from a binary black hole merger in 2015, the exquisite GW detectors LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA
have detected more than 90 compact object mergers. Most notably, one of these mergers corresponds to the first binary neutron star merger, dubbed GW170817.
This event has been transformative because it was observed in both gravitational and electromagnetic radiation, thus opening up a new era in multimessenger astrophysics.
The multi-messenger characterisation of such an event has enabled major advances into diverse fields of modern physics from gravity, high-energy and extragalactic astrophysics,
nuclear physics, to cosmology. In this talk, I will discuss work in strong-field gravity astrophysics and how combining observations, theory and experiment is key to make progress
in this field. I will present the opportunities and challenges that have emerged in multi-messenger astrophysics, and what the future holds in this new era.
Join Zoom Meeting
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26 maggio 2022
Abstract:
Since the revolutionary discovery of gravitational wave (GW) emission from a binary black hole merger in 2015, the exquisite GW detectors LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA
have detected more than 90 compact object mergers. Most notably, one of these mergers corresponds to the first binary neutron star merger, dubbed GW170817.
This event has been transformative because it was observed in both gravitational and electromagnetic radiation, thus opening up a new era in multimessenger astrophysics.
The multi-messenger characterisation of such an event has enabled major advances into diverse fields of modern physics from gravity, high-energy and extragalactic astrophysics,
nuclear physics, to cosmology. In this talk, I will discuss work in strong-field gravity astrophysics and how combining observations, theory and experiment is key to make progress
in this field. I will present the opportunities and challenges that have emerged in multi-messenger astrophysics, and what the future holds in this new era.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/81122901013?pwd=M1hnRHRXZkEyeW1QMFlPQ2FXa0dNZz09
ID riunione: 811 2290 1013
Passcode: 686688