PIRSA:19010061

Fundamental physics and cosmology from gravitational-wave observations

Ghosh, A. (2019). Fundamental physics and cosmology from gravitational-wave observations. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/19010061

Ghosh, Archisman. Fundamental physics and cosmology from gravitational-wave observations. Perimeter Institute, Jan. 10, 2019, https://pirsa.org/19010061 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:19010061,
            doi = {10.48660/19010061},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/19010061},
            author = {Ghosh, Archisman},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Fundamental physics and cosmology from gravitational-wave observations},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2019},
            month = {jan},
            note = {PIRSA:19010061 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Archisman Ghosh

Institucio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats (ICREA) - Universitat de Barcelona

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The detection of gravitational waves from mergers of compact binaries in the first two runs of the Advanced LIGO-Virgo have brought in valuable insights into fundamental physics and astrophysics. The coalescence process sweeping the components through a range of frequencies at highly relativistic velocities, have enabled some of the first tests of general relativity in its highly dynamical and extremely strong field regime. The recent detection of the binary neutron star merger has shed first light on the elusive neutron star equation of state. Furthermore, with its coincident electromagnetic counterpart, a first "standard-siren" measurement of the Hubble parameter has been made independent of a cosmic distance ladder. Subsequent detections are expected to give us a more direct understanding of the nature of the black holes and the composition of neutron stars, as well as bring in a plethora of results in astrophysics and possibly new insights into cosmology. I will go over some of these exciting new results and talk about future prospects of fundamental physics and cosmology from gravitational-wave observations.