Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall

Tale of a binary neutron star merger

K. G. Arun

CMI

In this talk, will explain the reason for the excitement related to
the recent detection of a binary neutron star merger by LIGO and Virgo
detectors and the consequent follow up using several conventional
telescopes. This joint set of observations led to many
ground-breaking results in astrophysics, fundamental physics and
cosmology, which I will explain (at an undergrad level).