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SUMMARY:Probing the dynamics of gravity with gravitational wave detections
  - Michalis  Agathos (DAMTP\, Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Simon Hodgkin
DESCRIPTION:The direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs) by Advanced 
 LIGO heralded the beginning of a new era in experimental gravity. A new po
 pulation of high-mass black holes is being unveiled and by analysing signa
 ls of GWs emitted by coalescing black hole binaries\, we will be able to u
 nderstand their origin. The detection of GWs from compact binaries also pr
 ovides an ideal opportunity to test the non-linear dynamics of general rel
 ativity in its relativistic\, strong-field regime\, that was so far inacce
 ssible to us. In this talk I will present results obtained by analysing th
 e first three GW detections\, GW150914\, GW151226 and the most recent GW17
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LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm)
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