A la recherche d'ondes gravitationnelles associés aux sursauts gamma

par Dr Michal Was (Albert Einstein Institute Hannover)

vendredi 2 mars 2012, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Paris

Auditorium M. Vivargent (LAPP)

Gamma-ray bursts are among the most violent events observed in the universe; their progenitors could also emit copious amounts of gravitational waves. After a general introduction to gravitational wave physics. I will discuss in detail the astrophysics of gamma-ray bursts progenitors, which are the coalescence of neutron stars or black holes and extreme cases of stellar collapse, both from the photon and gravitational wave emission points of view. I will present also the latest results from the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors and discuss the prospects.

Slides semLAPP2012-03_MichalWas.pdf