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Friday, April 15, 2022
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Cahill 370

TAPIR Seminar

Self-Force Waveforms with a Spinning Secondary
Josh Mathews, Graduate Student, Maths Support Centre, University College Dublin,
Speaker's Bio:
Currently in my fourth year of theoretical physics. I wasn't especially fond of maths up until studying at UCD and now most of my favourite modules have been ACM modules. I more than understand when students say they are not big fans of maths but having been there myself I know I can help. I specialise in ACM and physics modules and can offer help with Python and LaTex. Outside of academics you'll find me training in the university judo club or outdoors somewhere.

Hybrid -- To Join via Zoom

https://caltech.zoom.us/j/89695722750

In this talk I will give a brief overview of the perturbative self-force approach to the relativistic two-body problem and the current effort to produce gravitational waveform templates for extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs). I will specialise the discussion to the effect of the spin of the 'secondary' body on EMRI waveforms, including preliminary work on precessing spin configurations.  Beginning with simplified EMRI configurations, I will outline a practical first-principles approach to producing self-force waveforms and finish with some qualitative comparisons of subleading 'post-adiabatic' order waveforms with numerical relativity counterparts. 

For more information, please contact JoAnn Boyd by phone at 626-395-4280 or by email at [email protected].