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SUMMARY:Gravitational wave astronomy - status and next steps - Sheila Rowa
 n (Glasgow University)
DTSTART:20120509T131500Z
DTEND:20120509T141500Z
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CONTACT:Pau Figueras
DESCRIPTION:Following on from an era of first searches with long-baseline\
 ninstruments for gravitational-wave signals from astrophysical sources\, a
 \nnew generation of "advanced" gravitational-wave detectors is under\ncons
 truction and expected to begin scientific operations around 2015.\nThese i
 nstruments will be sensitive to the inspiral and merger of\nneutron-star a
 nd black-hole binaries with expected detection rates of at\nleast several 
 per year.  They will also search for gravitational wave\nsignals from even
 ts such as gamma-ray bursts\, core-collapse supernovae\,\nand soft-gamma r
 epeater giant flares.\n\nThis talk will include a brief overview of the st
 atus of the field and a\nsummary of how the gravitational wave field is cu
 rrently linking to\nother fields in astronomy\, particularly transient stu
 dies. A review of the status of joint\nscience studies in these areas will
  be presented along with an outline\nof the challenges and opportunities p
 resented by the onset of the\nadvanced interferometric detector era.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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