Extra: Gravitational Waves Update

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The Interview: On the discovery of only humanity’s third black
hole merger by the incredible Laser Interferometry Gravitational
wave Observatory (LIGO), Jeni’s speaks with Professor Patrick
Sutton, Head of Cardiff University’s Gravitational Physics Group
and member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration who develops new
strategies to detect gravitational wave bursts and creates
techniques for locating these sources on the sky for modelling
and simulations.


In this interview Jeni asks Patrick about:


The latest gravitational wave detection

What we can know about these events and the objects that
created them

The strength and weakness of these signals



The Announcement: For a physics deep dive into the analysis, the
data and the modelling of the new black hole merger detected by
LIGO this month, LIGO Governing Council member Professor
Sathyaprakash (Sathya to his friends) delivers the first lecture
on this discovery.


Return to the Interview: In this segment we return to Professor
Patrick Sutton who tells Jen about:


The possibilities for future gravitational wave detections

The most expensive thing he’s ever broken

And… personal grooming tips??