Listening to the universe with gravitational waves

Authors

  • Daniel Holz 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.

Author Biography

  • 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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Published

2024-07-02

Issue

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

Section

Invited Presentations

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How to Cite

[1]
“Listening to the universe with gravitational waves”, Proc. SPP, vol. 42, no. 1, p. SPP-2024-KA-01, Jul. 2024, Accessed: Mar. 26, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2024-KA-01