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PV X: Evening Talk

Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 19:15–20:00, VMP4 Audimax 1

Einstein's Gravitational Waves Observed — •Barry C. Barish — California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves 100 years ago. They have been recently observed from a pair of merging Black Holes by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). The physics of gravitational waves, the detection technique, the observation and its implications will all be discussed.