Fall 2021 Virtual Physics Colloquium:- Formation of Coalescing Double Compact Object- What Have We Learnt from Gravitational-wave Observations So Far
The detection of gravitational waves from coalescing binary black holes by the LIGO/Virgo observatories network allowed for the first time the direct observation of stellar-mass black holes, while the simultaneous gravitational wave and electromagnetic signal from the merger of two neutron stars provided the first direct evidence for origin of short gamma-ray bursts. These gravitational wave events, complemented by a half-a-century-long history of indirect observations of accreting compact objects in X-ray binaries, can give us now a more complete picture of the formation and evolution of binary stellar systems containing compact objects. At the same time, they also revealed weaknesses of the theories of stellar structure, binary evolution and compact object formation. In this talk, the speaker will briefly review the current observed sample of gravitational-wave detections(the GWTC-2 catalogue) and their astrophysical implications, and discuss the different formation pathways that have been proposed in the literature to explain the properties of the observed populations. He will then highlight recent results from recent studies that aim at constraining the formation theories of coalescing double compact objects by statistically comparing them with GWTC-2, as well as other potential electromagnetic counterparts or precursors. Finally, the speaker will close with a discussion of the “next-generation” models of double compact object formation that his research team is currently working on and what they expect that we will learn from them.
時間：2021.09.01(三) 17:00~18:00
頻道：Zoom ID: 916-7091-3765←2859
講者：Dr. Tassos Fragos(University of Geneva, Switzerland)
語言：英語
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此活動由香港大學物理系主辦。
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