[Seminar] An Invitation to the First Liberal Arts Faculty Forum of the Fall Semester...Tuesday September 18

[Mottsee Spurgeon]

 The Liberal Arts Faculty Forum cordially invites you to a talk by Dr.
 Marco Cavaglia, Assistant Professor of the Physics and Astronomy and
 principal investigator of the UM LIGO Team:

 The Search for Gravitational Waves...
 Tuesday, September 18 at 4:00PM
 Tupelo Room, Barnard Observatory

 Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime. Albert Einstein predicted
 the existence of gravitational waves in 1916 as part of his theory of
 general relativity. In Einstein's theory, space and time are continuously
 distorted by the presence of mass, just like a stretched piece of fabric
 is distorted by a heavy object placed on it. Researchers from our Physics
 and Astronomy Department have recently joined the National Science
 Foundation sponsored LIGO Scientific Collaboration. The Collaboration
 consists of more than 500 scientists from 47 institutions worldwide. Dr.
 Cavaglia will discuss this team effort to detect a gravitational wave for
 the first time.

 Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating discussion of
 spinning neutron stars, star explosions and black holes as the source of
 gravitational waves that are likely to be observed by the Laser
 Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Q and A follows the
 talk.

 For the latest press release on the LIGO team please check the UM
 Homepage, Newsdesk Story #6364, University of Mississippi NewsSearch.

 Refreshments will be served.
 For more information or assistance related to a disability please 
 contact:
 Jan Murray, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts: 
 jmurray at olemiss.edu
 or 662-915-7178


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