Conférence Midi-Pyrénées : « Listening to the millihertz Universe with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) »
La section locale Midi-Pyrénées de la Société Française de Physique a le plaisir d’accueillir John G. BAKER du Laboratoire des 2 Infinis de Toulouse, le Vendredi 27 février 2026 à 11h dans la salle de séminaires FeRMI du bât. 3R4 (1er étage).
Une conférence de John G.Baker
About a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves with ground-based observatories in 2015, the European Space Agency has recently adopted a bold mission to realize a space-based gravitational-wave mission.
The expanse of space provides a profoundly quiet environment and room for the kind of gargantuan instrument needed to listen to the universe in a new mHz band with gravitational wavelengths about 10000 times larger than those observed directly from the ground.
The rumbling of the universe in this band will provide an unprecedented new perspective on the universe, revealing new populations of sources, more numerous, more immense and more distant that those measured from the ground.
This talk will overview what LISA is expected to observe and discuss some of the efforts now underway to prepare for scientific analysis of LISA’s data following launch planned for 2035.
Informations pratiques
- Vendredi 27 février 2026, 11h
- Salle de séminaires FeRMI Bât. 3R4, Université de Toulouse
- Contact : Lise-Marie Lacroix
Un café de bienvenue vous sera offert par la SFP de 10h30 à 11h.
