The gravitational wave event GW150914

The gravitational wave event GW150914

Speaker:    Nigel T. Bishop

Recorded and Uploaded by: Sumanto Chanda

Abstract:    This talk reviews the LIGO observations of GW150914, and shows how this data leads to the interpretation that it represents the merger of two intermediate mass black holes. We also review the observation of a coincident gamma ray burst, and the implications of these two observations for fundamental physics.