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Location: | MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 3 Forbes Road, Lexington, MA 02420 |
| Dinner Reservation Deadline: | September 17, 2018 @ 6pm |
The dawn of gravitational wave astronomy
The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star system has started a new era in astronomy, showing us the power of joint electromagnetic and gravitational wave observations. In my talk I will review these recent discoveries, and I will describe the ongoing work to bring the gravitational wave detectors, LIGO and Virgo, back on-line even more sensitive. I will conclude with an outlook on the future generations of detectors, and how they will be able to further extend the astrophysical reach of ground-based observations.
Lisa Barsotti, MIT LIGO Laboratory
Lisa Barsotti is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Kavli Institute, and a member of the LIGO team that made the first detection of gravitational waves. She started work on gravitational wave instruments in 2001, with the Virgo detector located near Pisa, Italy. She moved to MIT in 2007, where she joined the LIGO group as a PostDoc. Since then, she has been working on the design, construction and commissioning of the LIGO detectors, often traveling to the LIGO observatories in Washington State and in Louisiana. Her main research at MIT is focused on new technologies based on quantum optics to improve the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors.
Reservations:
Please make online reservations via the "Click to signup" button above.
Reservations may also be left on the answering machine at (617) 454-4693. We no longer have an email address for reservations due to SPAM.
When making reservation requests, please provide the following information:
- DINNER AND MEETING or meeting only
- Name(s) and membership status
- Daytime phone number where you can be reached (in case of change or cancellation)
Location:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
3 Forbes Road
Lexington, MA 02420
(Map to MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
Networking—5:45 PM, Dinner—6:45, Meeting—7:30 PM.
Menu:
Vegetarian option available on request
Dinner Prices:
| Register on/before DINNER Reservation Date |
Late Reservations Based on Availability |
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| NES/OSA Members and their guests | $30.00 each | $35.00 |
| Non-members | $35.00 (See NOTE Below) | $40.00 |
| Students | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Post-Docs | $15.00 | $15.00 |
NOTE: The NES/OSA has not changed dinner prices in several years but has been facing higher costs. We have increased the cost of dinner by $5 this year. We will try to accommodate late reservations but cannot not guarantee that a meal will be available.
General Information on NES/OSA Meetings
Cancellations and No-shows:
If the meeting must be canceled for any reason, we will try to call you at the phone number you leave with your reservation. Official notice of cancellation will be on our answering machine.
We have to pay for the dinners reserved as of the Tuesday before the meeting, so no-shows eat into our cash reserve. If you will not be able to attend, please let us know as early as possible. Otherwise, no-shows will be billed.
Membership Rates:
| Regular members | $15.00 |
| Student members | free |
NOTE: The extra $5.00 of the non-member dinner fee can be used toward membership dues if the nonmember joins and pays dues for the current year at the meeting.
