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<div><font color="#000080" size="6"><b>Old Dominion University</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000080" size="6"><b>Department of Physics</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#984806" size="5"><b>Fall Colloquium Series</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#17365D" size="5"><b>Tuesday November 16, 2010</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#984806" size="5"><b>"Wave of the Future: Advanced LIGO and the Next Generation of Gravity Wave Detectors"</b></font></div>
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<font color="#1F497D" size="5"><b>Dr. Steven Penn</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#1F497D" size="5"><b>Hobart and William Smith Colleges</b></font></div>
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<div><font size="4">The current generation of interferometric gravitational wave observatories have achieved an impressive level of sensitivity in their quest to</font></div>
<div><font size="4">make the first direct detection of gravity waves. Until recently the LIGO detectors operated at a length sensitivity of 10^-18 m with a </font></div>
<div><font size="4">detection range of 20 Mpc. Now LIGO is the first of the worldwide network to be shutdown for an upgrade that will increase this</font></div>
<div><font size="4">sensitivity by a factor 10. We will discuss the design of these next generation detectors, and what we hope to learn about the</font></div>
<div><font size="4">universe when they become operational. </font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Presentation: OCNPS 200 @ 3:00 pm</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Refreshments: Atrium @ 2:30 pm</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">More details at <a href="http://www.physics.odu.edu">
http://www.physics.odu.edu</a></font></div>
<div><font size="4">All are Welcome<font size="3">!</font></font></div>
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