Leggo my LIGO – Smile Politely
After LIGO detected gravitational waves a few months ago (detected in September 2015 but announced in February 2016), LIGO and gravitational waves became almost household words. However, did you know that the revolutionary observations couldn’t have been made without the help of the U of I?
When Black Holes Collide
Proceedings of the Sixth Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, Fields Institute Communications (1997).
The Head-On Collision Of Two Equal Mass Black Holes
Peter Anninos, David Hobill, Edward Seidel, Larry Smarr, and Wai-Mo Suen. Physical Review D15, 52, 2044. (1995).
Spacetimes Generated By Computers: Black Holes With Gravitational Radiation
L. Smarr, Ann. N.Y. Acad. of Sciences, 302, 569-604 (1977).
Gravitational radiation from distant encounters and from head-on collisions of black holes: The zero-frequency limit
L. Smarr, Physical Review D15, 2069-2077 (1977).