3. April 2013 Event in Hannover

Public Lecture by Prof. Dr. Bruce Allen, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein) in Hanover, on 9 April 18:00 - 19:30 o `clock Neues Rathaus Hannover, Hodler Hall

General relativity, the modern description of gravity, Einstein's greatest legacy. She says not only the curvature of a light beam before that passes close to our sun, but also how black holes arise from collapsing stars.

Another dramatic consequence of Einstein's theory is that it accelerates massive celestial body "ripples" in space-time generate, propagate with the speed of light. These gravitational waves will be measured in the next few years for the first time directly with the new generation of large gravitational wave. Thus, a new window will open to the universe and begin the era of gravitational wave astronomy.

The presentation by Bruce Allen is part of the series "International Scientists in Hannover" instead. Admission is free.