Nergis Mavalvala
MIT
"Listening to Gravitational Waves Above the Quantum Din"
September 24, 20244:30 p.m.
CW 103 or Zoom
Email office@phys.ksu.edu for the Zoom address
Email office@phys.ksu.edu for the Zoom address
Abstract
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves for the first time in 2015. Since then, dozens more astrophysical observations have been confirmed. To detect these spacetime ripples requires measurement with sub-attometer precision. I will describe the quantum technologies that make such a measurement possible, enabling present and future discoveries.