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- SMP 5/21/05 | Into the Dark: The Long Term Future of Our Dying Universe | Speaker: Fred Adams
- SMP 5/14/05 | How to Catch a Gravitational Wave | Speaker: Keith Riles
- SMP 5/7/05 | Gravitational Waves - Ripples of Space | Speaker: Keith Riles
- SMP 4/23/05 | The Art of Physics Demonstrations | Speaker: Mark Kennedy, Harminder Sandhu, Warren Smith
- SMP 4/16/05 | Solar Neutrinos: The Problem, Its Resolution | Speaker: Timothy Chupp
- SMP 4/9/05 | The Quest to Discover New “Earths” | Speaker: John Monnier
- SMP 4/2/05 | How Do We Know the Big Bang Really Happened? Case Closed | Speaker: Timothy McKay
- SMP 3/19/05 | How Do We Know the Big Bang Really Happened? Early Evidence | Speaker: Timothy McKay
- SMP 3/12/05 | Cosmic Genesis: How Physics Drives the Structure of the Universe | Speaker: Fred Adams
- SMP 2/19/05 | Supermarket Biology | Speaker: Daniel Klionsky
- SMP 2/12/05 | Physics to Pharmaceuticals | Speaker: Jeanne Stuckey
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- SMP 12/21/02 | Peering into the Earth: From Earthquakes to Diamonds | Speaker: Wendy Panero
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- Seminars & Colloquia
Saturday, May 14, 2005
12:00 AM
170 & 182 Dennison Building
Speaker: Professor Keith Riles (U-M Physics)
Scientists worldwide have constructed gigantic laser interferometers, kilometers long, to detect gravitational waves coming to us from our own galaxy and from very distant galaxies. These new instruments, including the U.S. LIGO and LISA interferometers, can detect distortions of space a thousand times smaller than a proton. Discover how these detectors work and their formidable technological challenges, along with results of first searches.Detailed Information
All talks are free and refreshments will be served. Visitor parking for the seminars (Central Campus) is across the street from the Dennison Building in the U-M Church Street structure. There is a $2.00 parking charge implemented by U-M Parking Services.
Contact Information
For more information regarding the Saturday Morning Physics series, see the Physics Department website, or call 734.764.4437