The plenary talks are published at http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2016/conference/hamburg/part/pv?lang=en.

 

ADDITIONAL PLENARY TALK

 

Tuesday, March 1, 19:15, Audimax

Prof. Dr. Barry C. Barish, California Institute of Technology

is speaking about

"Einstein's Gravitational Waves Observed"

Abstract:

Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves 100 years ago. They have been recently observed from a pair of merging Black Holes by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). The physics of gravitational waves, the detection technique, the observation and its implications will all be discussed.