Bulletin of the American Physical Society
83rd Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section
Volume 61, Number 19
Thursday–Saturday, November 10–12, 2016; Charlottesville, Virginia
Session E1: Banquet Dinner |
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Chair: Brad Cox, University of Virginia Room: West Ballroom |
Thursday, November 10, 2016 7:30PM - 8:06PM |
E1.00001: Gravitational waves in the southeast Invited Speaker: Joseph Giaime After decades of development and recent upgrades, a network of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors has begun regular operation. Last year the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory's (LIGO's) two detectors ran for ca.\ 4 months, observing waves emitted during the inspiral and coalescence of pairs of black holes hundreds of megaparsec from Earth. This informal after-dinner talk will discuss the benefits of long-term persistence and effective collaboration, as well as the salient activities and contributions that took place in the southeastern U.S. [Preview Abstract] |
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