The WVU Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology announces the return of their Center seminar series, WVUniverse.
These talks are all audiences appropriate including fun trivia with prizes.
The next talk in the series will feature Dr. Joey Shapiro Key, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Washington Bothell. Key is also a member of international gravitational wave astronomy collaborations who work to observe and characterize gravitational wave signals from distant black holes and other extreme objects in our universe. She has a BA in Astrophysics from Williams College and a PhD in Physics from Montana State University.
WVUniverse presents: The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Featuring Dr. Joey Shapiro Key
Friday, December 13, 2024
6:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.
G09 White Hall, 135 Willey Street, Morgantown, WV 26506
An introduction to Gravitational Wave Astronomy:
Observational gravitational wave astronomy is a new way to explore our universe. Gravitational wave astronomers design, operate, and characterize detectors to observe distant energetic events such as black hole and neutron star collisions. The future of gravitational wave astronomy includes the potential for discoveries in physics and astrophysics through collaboration with multi-messenger observing partners to reveal new insights about our universe. In the coming decade we will add the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the next generation of observatories here on Earth, and new discoveries with Pulsar Timing Arrays.
All are welcome to join us for this free, exciting talk.