| KIP S. THORNE
FEYNMANN PROFESSOR OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
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| Drawing by Glen Edwards,
Utah State University, Logan,UT |
"LISA and LIGO: Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves"
Gravitational waves (ripples in the fabric of spacetime)
are the
ideal tool for probing cosmic objects inside which space
and time
are highly warped --- e.g., black holes, and the big-bang
creation
of the universe. This lecture will describe
some of the discoveries
and insights that gravitational waves are likely to bring,
when
they are detected and monitored by the Laser Interferometer
Space
Antenna (LISA) and by ground-based interferometers (LIGO
and
its international partners).