Friday, October 17, 2014: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
LACC 405 (Los Angeles Convention Center)
Chair:
Joshua Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton
Description: Nearly a century ago, Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves. Today, using extremely sensitive detectors, we are poised to directly measure these waves from violent systems such as colliding black holes. We will describe how light and gravity let us see and hear the extreme astrophysics of our universe.
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