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SUMMARY:Ripples from the dark side of the universe - Professor Sir James H
 ough OBE FRS FRSE FInstP (Hon)\, University of Glasgow
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 Dko9\n\n*Abstract:*\n\nIn this talk\, I will review progress in the field 
 of gravitational wave detection from the first days of the aluminium bar d
 etectors to the present time where the laser interferometer detectors Adva
 nced LIGO and Advanced Virgo have allowed gravitational waves to be detect
 ed and are opening up a new field of gravitational multi-messenger astroph
 ysics. Many experimental challenges had to be overcome and new challenges 
 are presenting themselves as we look to further enhance the performance of
  ground based detectors and look to lower frequencies with the space based
  detector LISA. Further\, the most recent discoveries by the collaboration
  will be discussed.\n\n*Speaker profile:*\n\nProfessor Sir James Hough (Ji
 m) is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where he became Professor of
  Experimental Physics in 1986 and is the emeritus holder of the Kelvin Cha
 ir of Natural Philosophy. He was Director of the University’s Institute 
 for Gravitational Research from 2000 to 2009 and is now Associate Director
 . His research interests are centred on gravitational wave detection on th
 e ground and in space. Prof Hough was elected to the Royal Society of Edin
 burgh in 1991\, the Fellowship of the Institute of Physics in 1993\, and t
 he Royal Society of London in 2003. For his wide-ranging research and advi
 sory work\, Sir James was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order 
 of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours\, and a
  Knighthood in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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