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DTSTART:20190124T213000Z
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DTSTAMP:20260312T112045Z
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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall\, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM\, Talk begins
  3:45 PM
SUMMARY:Probing Compact Objects with Gravitational Waves\, Astronomy C
 olloquium\, Vicky Kalogera\, Northwestern University
DESCRIPTION:The detection of gravitational waves by ground-based inter
 ferometric detectors has by now revealed a previously unobserved popul
 ation of merging black holes and has firmly linked the mergers of neut
 ron stars with gamma-ray bursts and heavy element production. I will r
 eview the most current gravitational-wave discoveries\, the measured p
 hysical properties of the compact objects involved and how these measu
 rements enable us to probe the astrophysics of compact objects\, and c
 onstrain models of massive-star evolution. I will conclude with our ex
 pectations for further discoveries as the sensitivity of detectors con
 tinues to improve.<br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=5008
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