November 16, 2017 Phillips Auditorium Edo Berger CfA Host: Charles Alcock Abstract: The much-anticipated joint detection of gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation was achieved.
The merging of two neutron stars was detected by gravitational waves and then by telescopes in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a historic detection as it demonstrates: -.
Dr Eric Thrane and Dr Paul Lasky Eric Thrane and Paul Lasky discuss the detection of gravitational waves from a pair of merging neutron stars. The result is likely to be remembered as one of.
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