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A new perspective on the universe with gravitational waves
By
Helena Ubach Raya, ICCUB
Place
Astroalella
Date
Time
Language
CA
Contact
divulgacio@icc.ub.edu
Area
Cosmology
Gravitation
Open to all
In 2015, a new window was opened to observe the universe: the first signal of gravitational waves was detected on Earth. What are gravitational waves?
What does its detection imply in our knowledge of the universe? In this talk we will see what we know so far and what the future holds for this new astronomy.
About the author
Helena Ubach Raya studied Physics at the University of Barcelona, specialized in the Master's in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology and is currently writing her doctoral thesis on the effects of gravitational lensing in gravitational waves. He works in the Gravitational Wave Astrophysics group of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB and is a member of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration.