Public Events
Brookhaven National Laboratory hosts concerts, lectures, and other events throughout the year which are free and open to the public. U.S. citizens age 16 and over must bring government-issued photo-identification for admission.
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OCT
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Wednesday
BSA Distinguished Lecture
"The Warped Universe - The One Hundred Year Quest to discover Einstein's gravitational waves"
Presented by Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Marble Prof. of Astrophysics, MIT
4 pm, Berkner Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 4:00 pm
Hosted by: ''Peter Wanderer''
In 2016, scientists announced the first ever detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, launching a new era of gravitational wave astrophysics. Since then there have been a couple more detections. Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein a hundred years earlier. I will describe the science, technology, and human story behind these discoveries that provide a window into some of the most violent and warped events in the Universe.
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