Science Colloquium
General Relativity in the Universe: Part II
Valerio Faraoni
Bishop's University
Thursday, February 2, 2006
12:00 - 12:50 PM
Johnson Room 20
Professor Faraoni will continue his discourse on how Einstein's theory of general relativity applies to current research in physics and astrophysics. The basic ideas of the theory will be briefly reviewed, together with its most important applications. These include the properties of black holes (with some emphasis on Hawking radiation and black hole thermodynamics), gravitational lensing, and the elusive gravitational waves. There are still plenty of unsolved problems and unanswered questions.
