ABSTRACT
Einstein's theory suggests that gravitational waves, like light, can be influenced by gravitational fields from intervening matter. Recent research indicates that ground-based detectors may soon observe gravitational-wave lensing due to impending upgrades. The detection methods for gravitational-wave lensing differ significantly from light lensing, as gravitational waves are detected as waves from merging compact objects. This talk highlights recent advances in gravitational-wave lensing.
BIOGRAPHY
Prof. Otto Akseli Hannuksela an Assistant Professor at CUHK, Hong Kong, and a senior member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. He earned his PhD at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2019, and has held Research Assistant and Postdoc positions at the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics. He has earned major awards, including the IOPScience Top Cited Paper Award and Postgraduate Research Output Award. Besides his primary work in detecting, analyzing, and building models for gravitational waves as a part of the LSC and KSC, he has an interest in applying gravitational waves to different branches of Physics, including the dark matter problem, modified gravity, beyond-standard-model physics, cosmology, and gravitational lensing. He has been an LVK member since 2016.
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