BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Liverpool Astronomical Society - ECPv6.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Liverpool Astronomical Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://liverpoolas.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Liverpool Astronomical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180424T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180424T190000 DTSTAMP:20240328T083507 CREATED:20180321T161431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T161651Z UID:9635-1524591000-1524596400@liverpoolas.org SUMMARY:Gravitational Waves: turning on the soundtrack to the Universe DESCRIPTION:(Please note\, this is not an LAS organised event) \nThe last two years have seen our ability to study our Universe change forever. For the first time we have been able to not only see the stars in the heavens\, but to feel the very vibrations of the fabric of space-time produced when stars collide. In February 2016 the scientists of the international LIGO and Virgo collaborations announced the first detection of gravitational waves – tiny gravitational fluctuations sensed using instruments here on the Earth\, but produced around 1.3 billion years ago far out in the cosmos when two dead stars – in this case ‘black-holes’ spiralled in and merged. The existence of such gravitational waves was first predicted by Einstein as part of his\n‘General Theory of Relativity’ in 1916. \nIn the decades between then and now\, searches for such signals have been the focus of scientists around the globe\, including key work here in the UK.\nThis lecture will discuss the nature of gravitational waves\, the astrophysical events that can produce them\, the technology of gravitational wave observatories and the recent results in this new field leading to the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 for the detection of gravitational waves: turning on the soundtrack to the Universe. \nProfessor Sheila Rowan is Director of the Institute for Gravitational Research\, University of Glasgow\, a position she has held since 2009. She received an MBE in 2011.\nSheila’s research is targeted at developing optical materials for use in gravitational wave detectors. Her work formed part of the “Advanced LIGO” detector upgrades\, carried out between 2010 and 2015\, that contributed to one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of this century: the first detection of gravitational waves announced in\nFebruary 2016. This resulted in a share of the 2016 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her and the members of her team in\nGlasgow. Professor Rowan was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland in June 2016. \nBookings for this free event can be made at https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/events/science-and-society/form/\n\n\n\nRelated posts:\nMonthly Meeting: Friday 17th March\, 2017\nLecture at Glyndŵr University\, by Professor Paul Rees: Scientific and Technological Symbiosis: An Optical Perspective\, May 2nd 2013\nYOUNG ASTRONOMER EVENINGS 2015/16\nWirral Star Party (1st November 2014)\nAstronomyCast audio podcast\nAstronomy and Space News Roundup: 14th May 2013 to 19th May 2013\nMonthly Meeting (Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial Lecture): Professor Andy Newsam – “Art & Astronomy: Universal Appeal”\nMonthly Meeting: Friday\, 18th January\, 2019\nMonthly Meeting: Friday\, 16th March\, 2018\nMonthly Meeting: Friday 21st October\, 2016 URL:https://liverpoolas.org/event/gravitational-waves-turning-on-the-soundtrack-to-the-universe/ LOCATION:Leggate Theatre (Victoria Gallery & Museum\, University of Liverpool)\, Leggate Theatre\, Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpool\, Liverpool\, Merseyside\, L69 3DR\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Free Events,Lectures and Talks GEO:53.4061141;-2.9666237 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Leggate Theatre (Victoria Gallery & Museum University of Liverpool) Leggate Theatre Victoria Gallery & Museum Ashton Street University of Liverpool Liverpool Merseyside L69 3DR United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Leggate Theatre\, Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpool:geo:-2.9666237,53.4061141 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR