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Guest SpeakersGuest speaker: Professor David McClelland, ANU Title: Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Instrumentation Abstract: Gravitational waves, or ripples in the curvature of space-time, were
predicted by Einstein over 90 years ago. Giant laser interferometers have
been 'listening' for these waves on and off since 2006. Whilst they are
yet to be observed results of these searches have began constraining theories
of the early universe and of the nature of systems which produce them.
These first generation detectors will be switched off mid next year to
enable their sensitivities to be upgraded by a factor of around 10. When
they become operational mid next decade, the first direct detection of
these elusive waves is virtually assured opening a truly new astronomical
window - a new 'sense' with which to observe the universe.
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