Seminari Generali
GR or not GR? Testing General Relativity through gravitational wave observations
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500 (Dip.to di Fisica Universita' di Genova)
500
Dip.to di Fisica Universita' di Genova
Via Dodecaneso 33
Description
General Relativity is up to now the most satisfying theory of gravity. Among its predictions, gravitational waves played a key role in unveiling the mysteries of our Universe, opening a window on the last moments of compact binary coalescences. As general relativistic objects, coalescing binary systems of black holes and neutron stars provide a laboratory to test Einstein's theory which was inaccessible until gravitational waves' detection. After an introduction to gravitational waves, I will discuss the tests of General Relativity performed by the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations, with an emphasis on gravitational wave data analysis. I will then review results inferred from public detections and present future perspectives.