# Advanced LIGO observations of gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers

- Institution: CERN
- Department: Conferences & Workshops
- Speaker: Bruce Allen
- Year: 2016
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Astronomy and space
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3010978)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This talk follows announcements earlier this year by the LIGO and Virgo Scientific Collaborations, based on data from the first four-month observing run the advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors (aLIGO). In two instances, on 14.9.2015 and on 26.12.2015, we have directly detected the gravitational waves emitted by the final orbits and merger of massive black hole binary systems. I describe the main results and the basic physics of these systems, as well as some of the "behind the scenes" details of the discovery and subsequent analysis. As the aLIGO detectors improve during the coming few years, the prospects for further exciting discoveries are outstanding. References: B. P. Abbott et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102, 2016; Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241103, 2016..

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## Lectures

1. [Advanced LIGO observations of gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3010978/5a599062382e), 35 min (CERN's player)