Speaker
Alessandra Buonanno
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
Description
One hundred years after Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves on the basis
of his theory of General Relativity, LIGO announced the first observation of gravitational waves passing
through the Earth emitted by the collision of two black holes one billion four-hundred million light years
away. In this talk, I will first review the theoretical groundwork that allowed to identify and interpret the
gravitational-wave signals, and carry out tests of general relativity in the strong-field, highly dynamical
regime. I will then discuss the next theoretical challenges in solving the two-body problem in General
Relativity if we want to take full advantage of the discovery potential of upcoming gravitational-wave
observations.
| Overview or Regular Talk? | Overview: 75 min. |
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Author
Alessandra Buonanno
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
