Details
Speaker Name/Affiliation
Nergis Mavalvala / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When
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Seminar Type
Location (Room)
JILA Auditorium
Event Details & Abstracts
Abstract: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves for the first time in 2015. Since then, hundreds more astrophysical observations have been confirmed. To detect these spacetime ripples requires measurement with sub-attometer precision. I will describe the quantum technologies that make such a measurement possible, enabling present and future discoveries.
Host: Ana Maria Rey