[loacl physicists] Colloquium Announcement Dr. Steven Penn (11/16/2010)

[Malin, Delicia M.]

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Old Dominion University
Department of Physics

Fall Colloquium Series

Tuesday November 16, 2010

"Wave of the Future: Advanced LIGO and the Next Generation of Gravity Wave Detectors"


Dr. Steven Penn
Hobart and William Smith Colleges


The current generation of interferometric gravitational wave observatories have achieved an impressive level of sensitivity in their quest to
make the first direct detection of gravity waves. Until recently the LIGO detectors operated at a length sensitivity of 10^-18 m with a
detection range of 20 Mpc.  Now LIGO is the first of the worldwide network to be shutdown for an upgrade that will increase this
sensitivity by a factor 10.  We will discuss the design of these next generation detectors, and what we hope to learn about the
universe when they become operational.



Presentation: OCNPS 200 @ 3:00 pm
Refreshments: Atrium @ 2:30 pm

More details at http://www.physics.odu.edu
All are Welcome!




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