Gravity Seminars
Upcoming seminars
All Gravity seminars are held on Tuesdays at 13:00, in Auditorium A, Blegdamsvej 17.
The NBIA Gravity seminars bring together three areas of research at the NBIA tied together by gravity:
- Black hole and gravitational wave astrophysics
- Strong gravity
- Gravity from particle amplitudes
The seminars are intended to be accessible to researchers and students spanning the range of topics above.
| Date | Speaker |
| April 16, 2024 (Aud D) |
Aditya Vijaykumar, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
Title: Probing the host environments of compact binaries Abstract: When, where, and how compact binaries form is still a mystery, and observations from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detectors are starting to shed light on this. In this talk, I will discuss ways of probing host environments of these binaries. First, I will show how the redshift evolution of the binary black hole merger rate can be used to constrain the parameter space of the host galaxies of such mergers. Then, I will discuss how a nonzero centre of mass acceleration affects the observed signal in our detectors, and how one can differentiate between candidate host environments by measurements of acceleration. I will end with some prospects along these lines for the future. |
| May 7, 2024 |
Sofie Koksbang, Southern University of Denmark (SDU) |
| May 14, 2024 |
Ira Rothstein, Carnegie Mellon University |