BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Imre Bartos\, University of Florida\n\n
The recent discoveries of gravitation al waves unveiled numerous opportunities in astrophysics\, as well as in t he study of the cosmos and the laws of physics. \; In particular\, the multi-messenger detection of binary neutron-star merger GW170817 through gravitational waves and across the electromagnetic spectrum already delive red several important results. I will outline what we learned from GW17081 7 so far (its remnant is still observable!)\, along with the opportunities and challenges of near-future multi-messenger observations that will broa den our horizon with gravitational waves in the next few years. \; We can expect the proliferation of detected binary neutron star and binary bl ack hole mergers\, along with the large-scale efforts to rapidly identify the electromagnetic and neutrino counterparts of these events. \; Freq uent multi-messenger observations will enable the study of exceptional eve nts\, source populations\, and sufficient statistics to probe new physics and cosmology.
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\n DTSTART:20180316T193000Z LOCATION:Physics Building\, Room 203 SUMMARY:Multi-messenger Astrophysics in Light of LIGO’s Recent Discoverie s END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR