Gravity seminar -ÌýDivyajyoti Seminar
- Time:
- 14:00
- Date:
- 13 March 2025
- Venue:
- Building 54, room 10037
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Jonathan Thompson at J.E.Thompson@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Title:ÌýÃÛÌÒTVing the interplay of spins and eccentricity in gravitational wave events
Abstract:ÌýA gravitational wave (GW) signal carries imprints of the properties of its source. The ability to extract source properties crucially depends on our prior knowledge of the signal morphology. Even though binary black hole (BBH) mergers are the cleanest system to model in general relativity, currently there are no waveform models which include all physical effects. In this talk I will focus on two effects: orbital eccentricity and spins. I will discuss the interplay of spins and eccentricity in the analysis of GW signals from binary black hole mergers, and highlight some of the biases that occur when these are ignored. ÃÛÌÒTVing these effects can lead to a better understanding of the formation channels for compact binary systems which in turn help us understand how the universe evolved.
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Speaker information
Divyajyoti (Cardiff)