BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Gravitational wave detections as probes of strong gravity - Michal
 is Agathos DAMTP\, LIGO-Virgo Collaboration
DTSTART:20161021T120000Z
DTEND:20161021T130000Z
UID:TALK68206@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Michalis Agathos
DESCRIPTION:The direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs) by Advanced 
 LIGO heralded the beginning of a new era in experimental gravity. By analy
 sing signals of GWs emitted by coalescing black hole binaries we can test 
 general relativity (GR) in its relativistic\, strong-field regime and stud
 y effects of its non-linear dynamics that were so far inaccessible to us.\
 nIn this talk\, I will briefly present the methods that were employed in o
 rder to test GR with the first two GW detections\, _GW150914_ and _GW15122
 6_. I will also attempt to summarize the prospects of probing the nature o
 f gravity with current and upcoming GW detectors and will mildly speculate
  on what nature may have in store for such explorations in the long term.
LOCATION:Pavilion B Potter Room (B1.19)
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR