PIRSA:19110089

Probing fundamental physics with gravitational waves

Chirenti, C. (2019). Probing fundamental physics with gravitational waves. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/19110089

Chirenti, Cecilia. Probing fundamental physics with gravitational waves. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 18, 2019, https://pirsa.org/19110089 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:19110089,
            doi = {10.48660/19110089},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/19110089},
            author = {Chirenti, Cecilia},
            keywords = {Cosmology, Quantum Fields and Strings, Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Probing fundamental physics with gravitational waves},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2019},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:19110089 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Cecilia Chirenti Universidade Federal do ABC

Talk numberPIRSA:19110089
DOI10.48660/19110089
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Abstract

According to general relativity, the coalescence of a compact binary system creates a gravitational wave signal generically described by an inspiral-merger-ringdown waveform. The recent observations of gravitational waves by LIGO allow us to test our theory of gravity in the strong field regime. In binary black hole detections, the ringdown portion of the wave can provide tests of the no-hair theorem, the most stringent proof of the existence of astrophysical black holes and even possible hints of quantum gravity. I will present the current status of these observations and discuss future prospects.