Lecture Gravitational Waves + Stargazing evening 2.0

In the first part our own UGent prof. Archisman Ghosh will talk about his research on gravitational waves:

‘In this talk we will briefly go over the recent discovery of gravitational waves, the science associated with the numerous observations, and the LIGO and Virgo detectors that made this possible.
We will then talk about the challenges of going over to a next generation of gravitational-wave observatories, and how the ETpathfinder facility in Maastricht is working towards overcoming these challenges.’

The lecture will be in English, and is the perfect prelude to the VVN trip to ETpathfinder during the Easter holidays.

After the lecture we will climb the roof of S9 to gaze at the stars with our own VVN telescopes and with the advanced telescopes from the astronomy department (don’t expect to register any gravitational waves though).

Registering is mandatory and can be done via following link: https://forms.gle/8YHqmKowgDTPd2oD8

See you then!