Celebrating the First Decade of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Date: Sept 15, 4pm
Place: Margrethe Bohr Salen, Niels Bohr Building (Jagtvej 132, see map below)

On September 14 of 2015, for the first time, we detected the ripples in space and time produced by the coalescence of two merging black holes - a long awaited prediction of Einstein’s theory of gravity. This amazing discovery marked the beginning of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, and opened a new window to explore the Universe and learn its fundamental laws. Since then, hundreds of gravitational wave events have been observed, deepening — and sometimes challenging — our understanding of astrophysics, cosmology and gravity.

Join us on September 15 for a celebration of the first decade of Gravitational Wave Astronomy where the NBI LIGO group will review these past achievements and present the latest discoveries from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaborations.

Program schedule
16:00 Welcome by Jose M. Ezquiaga, Associate Professor, Niels Bohr Institute
16:05 Gravitational wave past achievements & latest discoveries by NBI-LIGO group members
16:45 Questions & answers
17:00 Reception at Inge Lehmann yard, NBB