Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminars |
Events During the Week of April 10th through April 17th, 2022
Monday, April 11th, 2022
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
- Black hole archeology with gravitational waves
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Place: virtual -
- Speaker: Djuna Croom, IPPP Durham University
- Abstract: The growing gravitational wave dataset makes black hole population studies possible. In this talk I will demonstrate how such studies can be used to study particle and nuclear physics. The key insight is that a wide range of initial stellar masses leave no compact remnant, due to the physics of pair-instability; the unpopulated space in the stellar graveyard is known as the black hole mass gap (BHMG). New physics can dramatically alter the late stages of stellar evolution and shift the BHMG, when it acts as an additional source of energy (loss) or modifies the equation of state. The latter will be the focus of this talk, in which I will show some new results with axions in the so-called cosmic triangle. I will also demonstrate how these predictions can be tested with the gravitational wave observations by the LIGO/Virgo/Kagra collaboration, and what we can already infer from GWTC-2 and 3. Join Zoom Meeting
- Host: Baha Balantekin
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
- No events scheduled
Thursday, April 14th, 2022
- No events scheduled
Friday, April 15th, 2022
- No events scheduled