Listening to the universe with gravitational waves

Authors

Daniel Holz ⋅ US University of Chicago, USA

Abstract

We are now able to detect gravitational waves, which are ripples in the fabric of spacetime. Gravitational waves provide an entirely new way to learn about our universe. We have heard collisions of neutron stars and black holes in distant galaxies, and from these have learned about how stars live and die, where gold and platinum come from, and are helping to measure the age and composition of the universe.

About the Speaker

Daniel Holz, University of Chicago, USA

Daniel Holz is a professor at the University of Chicago in the Departments of Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. Holz is a member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration; his research focuses on black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology. Holz serves as Chair of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and in this role helps set the time of the Doomsday Clock. Holz is also founding director of the UChicago Existential Risk Laboratory (XLab), an interdisciplinary effort focused on understanding and mitigating existential risks, including nuclear war, climate change, and AI-fueled disinformation.

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Issue

2024: Proceedings of the 42nd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Brewing waves of innovation and discovery in Physics
3-6 July 2024, Batangas State University, Pablo Borbon Campus

Please visit the SPP2024 activity webpage for more information on this year's Physics Congress.

Article ID

SPP-2024-KA-01

Section

Invited Presentations

Published

2024-07-02

How to Cite

[1]

D Holz, Listening to the universe with gravitational waves, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 42, SPP-2024-KA-01 (2024). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2024-KA-01.