Reflections on the Discovery of Einstein's Gravitational Wave

摘要

On January 11, 2016, in a news conference held in Washington D. C., it was announced that after nearly two decades of arduous work, the gravitational wave proposed by Einstein a century ago was detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory(LIGO.) In todays "flat world," this major scientific observation also created a ripple in Hong Kong and Macau at the end of the globe. On January 12 and January 19, Professor Tjonnie G. F. LI presented to the Physics Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in Cantonese and English, respectively. On January 20, the University of Macau invited Mr. Chon-Fai Kam, a native of Macau and a PhD. candidate in theoretical physics of CUHK to also present a discussion to the university community at-large. The title of Mr. Kams talk is "Einstein's Gravitational Ripple: The Conquer of a Century" Due to the great timeliness of the subject, the University of Macau made a special effort to bring the notice of this presentation to the attention of the secondary schools in Macau.