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The Dark Side of the Universe
Two Public Lectures
7.30 pm Monday 22 February
Social Sciences Lecture Theatre
Prof Andrew Melatos,
University of Melbourne
“The Dark Side of the Universe”
Prof Karsten Danzmann,
Albert Einstein Institute, Germany
“Listening to the Universe in Einstein’s Gravitational Waves”
Family friendly lectures
Bookings: University Extension 6488 2433
www.extension.uwa.edu.au.
In association with the launch of the planned Australian International Gravitational Observatory (AIGO) project, The University of Western Australia invites you to explore the dark side of the Universe soon to be revealed by gravitational wave detectors on earth and in space. The new detectors will allow us to probe the beginning of time in the big bang and the end of time in black holes, and other extreme states of matter beyond the reach of normal telescopes where space and time are warped and distorted.
Two outstanding speakers – leading experts on gravitational waves – will present lectures including spectacular supercomputer generated movies of the birth of black holes. In audio you will hear the music of the spheres – sounds of the universe in gravitational waves from the big bang, supernova explosions, neutron stars and black holes. You will learn how the most sensitive instruments ever devised have been created to probe places beyond conventional astronomy, where only gravitational waves can reach us.
Public Lecture Flyer, here.
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Aerial view of the Gingin research facility.
LIGO facility in Hanford, WA, USA.
LIGO facility in Livingston, LA, USA.
Virgo facility near Pisa, Italy.
Geo600 facility near Hannover, Germany .
Tama facility in Tokyo, Japan.

The Australian International Gravitational Research Centre is based in the School of physics of the University of Western Australia (UWA) and is part of the Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy (ACIGA).
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