Date/Time
Date(s) - 30/10/2024
10:30 am - 11:30 am

Location
Physics and Astronomy Department

ABB 102

Speaker: Dr. Maya Fishbach

Title: Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
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Title: Gravitational waves from the stellar graveyard

Abstract: The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration has observed ~100 gravitational-wave sources to date, including mergers between black holes, neutron stars, and mixed neutron star–black holes. These neutron stars and black holes connect many astrophysical puzzles, including the lives and deaths of stars, star cluster dynamics, cosmic chemical enrichment, and the expansion history of the Universe. I will describe some astrophysical and cosmological lessons from the latest gravitational-wave discoveries, and discuss what we can expect to learn from future multi-messenger observations.