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X-WR-CALDESC:The Silicon Valley Lectures Series - In Person\n\n On Wednesda
 y\, February 7\, 2024 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Brian Lantz (Stanford U) will gi
 ve a free\, illustrated\, non-technical lecture entitled:    \n\n 'Explori
 ng the Gravitational Wave Universe: New Discoveries and Plans'  in the Smi
 thwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos (see directions below)  
  \n\n                                                                     
                    \nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lect
 ure Series\, now in its 24th year.   \n\n   \nMeasuring gravitational wave
 s is a revolutionary new way to do astronomy.  They were predicted by Eins
 tein but we did not have the technology to find them in his lifetime. In 2
 015\, LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) first
  detected one of these waves - a tiny ripple in space itself\, generated b
 y the collision of two black holes. Since then\, LIGO and its internationa
 l partners have measured nearly 100 signals. What can we learn from these 
 bursts of energy from the mergers of black holes or the collision of two n
 eutron stars? How is it possible to measure a wave which stretches our det
 ector 1000 times less than the diameter of a proton? And what's coming nex
 t in our search for these tell-tale ripples in space?  \n\n Dr. Brian Lant
 z is a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University. He started workin
 g on LIGO in 1991 as an undergraduate in Nobel Laureate Rai Weiss's lab at
  MIT and continued there for his PhD\, building high-power interferometers
  that were prototypes for LIGO. Dr. Lantz is the scientific leader for the
  Advanced LIGO seismic isolation system\, and he is designing new mirror s
 uspensions to upgrade Advanced LIGO.  He loves to work on these amazing ma
 chines. \n\n------------------------------------------\nFoothill College i
 s just off the El Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos.    \n\nFo
 r directions and parking information\, see: https://foothill.edu/parking/ 
  \nFor a campus map\, to find the Smithwick Theater (Bldg. 1000)\, see: ht
 tps://foothill.edu/map/    \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by:  \n\n* The 
 Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division  \n* The SET
 I Institute  \n* The Astronomical Society of the Pacific  \n* The Universi
 ty of California Observatories (including Lick Observatory).
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DESCRIPTION:The Silicon Valley Lectures Series - In Person\n\n On Wednesday
 \, February 7\, 2024 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Brian Lantz (Stanford U) will giv
 e a free\, illustrated\, non-technical lecture entitled:    \n\n 'Explorin
 g the Gravitational Wave Universe: New Discoveries and Plans'  in the Smit
 hwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos (see directions below)   
 \n\n                                                                      
                   \nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectu
 re Series\, now in its 24th year.   \n\n   \nMeasuring gravitational waves
  is a revolutionary new way to do astronomy.  They were predicted by Einst
 ein but we did not have the technology to find them in his lifetime. In 20
 15\, LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) first 
 detected one of these waves - a tiny ripple in space itself\, generated by
  the collision of two black holes. Since then\, LIGO and its international
  partners have measured nearly 100 signals. What can we learn from these b
 ursts of energy from the mergers of black holes or the collision of two ne
 utron stars? How is it possible to measure a wave which stretches our dete
 ctor 1000 times less than the diameter of a proton? And what's coming next
  in our search for these tell-tale ripples in space?  \n\n Dr. Brian Lantz
  is a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University. He started working
  on LIGO in 1991 as an undergraduate in Nobel Laureate Rai Weiss's lab at 
 MIT and continued there for his PhD\, building high-power interferometers 
 that were prototypes for LIGO. Dr. Lantz is the scientific leader for the 
 Advanced LIGO seismic isolation system\, and he is designing new mirror su
 spensions to upgrade Advanced LIGO.  He loves to work on these amazing mac
 hines. \n\n------------------------------------------\nFoothill College is
  just off the El Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos.    \n\nFor
  directions and parking information\, see: https://foothill.edu/parking/  
 \nFor a campus map\, to find the Smithwick Theater (Bldg. 1000)\, see: htt
 ps://foothill.edu/map/    \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by:  \n\n* The F
 oothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division  \n* The SETI
  Institute  \n* The Astronomical Society of the Pacific  \n* The Universit
 y of California Observatories (including Lick Observatory).
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