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Tristan Smith

Swarthmore College

Tristan Smith is an associate professor of physics at Swarthmore College, a liberal arts college in suburban Philadelphia. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and his PhD in Physics from the California Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of over 50 peer reviewed papers that explore the consequences of theories describing the early universe as well as the development of new techniques to detect and analyze gravitational waves.

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Public Lecture

A Galaxy-Sized Gravitational Wave Detector

Wed, Aug 6, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics