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Dr Nathan Johnson-McDaniel
Wednesday 07 March 2018, 19:45-21:30
From the Dynamics of Spacetime to the Formation of Heavy Elements: Learning About the Universe with Gravitational Waves.
- 👤 Speaker: Dr Nathan Johnson-McDaniel
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 07 March 2018, 19:45 - 21:30
- 📍 Venue: St John’s College, Old Divinity School Main Lecture Theatre
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Abstract
Dr Nathan Johnson-McDaniel is a research associate at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He is a member of the Relativity and Gravitation research group and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the detector that first detected gravitational waves.
The talk will include the following content: • An overview of gravitational waves and its history • Gravitational waves used as an astronomical tool • Past, current and proposed detectors • Theoretical sources of gravitational waves • Recent observation results
Series This talk is part of the Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS) series.
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