Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of New Mexico

Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars

The LIGO Gravitational-Wave Detections - Part I

Presented by Carl Caves, UNM

Using the two PRLs as a starting point, I will riff about the two gravitational-wave detections reported by LIGO, trying to give a sense of the history of the LIGO project and the historical significance of these two detections.

2:00 pm, Tuesday, September 6, 2016
PAIS-2540, PAIS

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