[Interview] Turning the Gravitational Wave Game To The Max

Published: May 10, 2023, 6 p.m.

Gravitational waves can reveal things we would never detect otherwise. But different events require different sizes of detectors. In this interview, I'm talking with Waldemar Martens from ESA about a proposed LISAmax mission that will have 259 million kilometer arms and should be able to detect collisions of supermassive black holes.

\n\n

\U0001f984 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday

\n\n

More about LISAmax:
\nhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2304.08287

\n\n
    \n
  • 00:00 Intro
  • \n
  • 01:38 What's the status of LISA
  • \n
  • 10:18 What could LISA detect
  • \n
  • 20:45 What would LISAmax be
  • \n
  • 34:57 What could LISAmax discover
  • \n
  • 40:10 LISA VS LISAmax
  • \n
  • 48:25 What's next for LISAmax
  • \n
\n\n

\U0001f4fa VIDEO VERSION
\nhttps://youtu.be/2OykvNV8zuw

\n\n

\U0001f4f0 EMAIL NEWSLETTER
\nRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
\nSubscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

\n\n

\U0001f3a7 PODCASTS
\nUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
\nAstronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

\n\n

\U0001f933 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/fcain
\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday
\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday
\nInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday

\n\n

\U0001f4e9 CONTACT FRASER
\nfrasercain@gmail.com

\n\n

\u2696\ufe0f LICENSE
\nCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Support Universe Today Podcast