Binary Black Holes & Gravitational Waves
Ref Bari, Brown University
Advisor: Prof. Brendan Keith
r=\frac{2GM}{c^2}
The Hoop Conjecture
r=\frac{2GM}{c^2}
The Hoop Conjecture
10^{30}kg
10^{-11}m^3/s^2 kg
10^{8}m/s
r=\frac{2(10^{-11}m^3/s^2 kg)\cdot 10^{30}kg}{(10^{8}m/s)^2}
The Hoop Conjecture
10^{-11}m^3/s^2 kg
10^{30}kg
r\sim 3 km
r=\frac{2(10^{-11}m^3/s^2 kg)\cdot 10^{30}kg}{(10^{8}m/s)^2}
The Hoop Conjecture
10^{-11}m^3/s^2 kg
10^{30}kg
r\sim 3 km
r\sim 10^5 km
r\sim 10^3 km
The Hoop Conjecture
10^{30}kg
r\sim 3 km
r\sim 10^5 km
r\sim 10^3 km
The Hoop Conjecture
10^{30}kg
r\sim 3 km
r\sim 10^5 km
r\sim 10^3 km
3 \text{ km}
Hanford, Washington
Livingston, Louisiana
September 14, 2015: 5:04 AM
Hanford, Washington
Livingston, Louisiana
September 14, 2015: 5:04 AM
The Inverse Problem
The Imaging Problem
h(t)\to \{x(t),y(t)\}
T_{res}=P/4
Motivation
for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Inverse Problem
The Imaging Problem
h(t)\to \{x(t),y(t)\}
T_{res}=P/4