Introduction to Laser Interference Gravitational Waves Detection and the Recent Discovery

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Title

Introduction to Laser Interference Gravitational Waves Detection and the Recent Discovery

Speaker

Prof. Shiuh Chao(趙 煦)National Tsing Hua University

Time

12:00 p.m., 14th Nov, 2016

Venue

CT Chang Memorial Hall張昭鼎記念講堂

Contact

Dr. Ying-Cheng Chen(IAMS)

 

 

Abstract: 

 

Gravitational waves has been detected for the first time at Sep. 14, 2015, by the Laser Interference Gravitational waves Observatory (LIGO), exactly 100 years after Einstein's first prediction of its existence. In this talk, introductions on the first detection and the LIGO related technologies will be given.