Oct 12 – 15, 2021
IHES
Europe/Paris timezone

Adventures in Post-Newtonian Theory

Oct 12, 2021, 2:00 PM
30m
Marilyn and James Simons Conference Center (IHES)

Marilyn and James Simons Conference Center

IHES

35, route de Chartres 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette (France)

Speaker

Luc Blanchet (in person) (IAP, Paris)

Description

The post-Newtonian approximation to general relativity plays a paramount role in the discovery of gravitational waves by LIGO and Virgo. In this talk, we highlight the seminal contributions from Thibault and review the latest developments concerning the definition of accurate PN templates for gravitational waves.

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