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SUMMARY:Prospects of gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astronomy with
  Advanced LIGO - Frank Ohme (Cardiff University)
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CONTACT:Benson Way
DESCRIPTION:A network of second-generation gravitational-wave (GW) detecto
 rs is on schedule to start operating in 2015 after a 5-year upgrade. One o
 f its main targets will be the inspiral and merger of compact binaries con
 sisting of either black holes and/or neutron stars. In my talk I will summ
 arise how theoretical predictions of the emitted GW signatures are crucial
  for detection and how approximate degeneracies in the signals limit the a
 ccuracy of GW measurements. Despite these limitations\, there is a wealth 
 of information to be extracted from GW observations\, and I will show how 
 these could complement electromagnetic observations in the case of short g
 amma-ray bursts to potentially constrain the neutron star equation of stat
 e.
LOCATION:Pavilion B Potter Room (B1.19)
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