James Hough - The Search for Gravitational Waves - status and plans
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Europe/London
Description
The detection of Gravitational Radiation remains one of the major challenges for experimental astrophysics.
This will provide a unique tool for looking into the heart of some of the most violent events in the Universe by detecting changes in the
fabric of spacetime.
Detectors are needed which can measure the relative lengths of perpendicular arms of kilometre scale to about 10-19 m on multi-millisecond timescales.
A global network of such detectors - GEO, LIGO, Virgo - are now in operation around the globe, with enhanced versions being developed.
In this talk a review of the status of this emerging new field will be given.
