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---+ April 8, 2022 7-9PM
*Event Type*: [[PublicLectures][Lecture and Stargazing]]<br>
*Title*: Black Holes and Gravitational Waves: Was Einstein Right?<br>
*Lecturer*: Saul Teukolsky<br>
*Position*: Faculty<br>
*Institution*: Caltech<br>
*Abstract*: <br>
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics went to the founders of the
LIGO experiment for the detection of gravitational waves
from a pair of orbiting black holes. This is one of the most
exciting scientific discoveries of the past fifty years. What are
gravitational waves and how were they detected? How have Caltech
researchers used supercomputers to establish that the waves did in
fact come from black holes? How does this experiment confirm that
space and time are distorted by strong gravity, just as Einstein
predicted? And what exciting discoveries might be just around the corner?
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