CRA Seminar: Marceline Bonilla (Cal State – Fullerton)
October 12, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Title: Numerical Relativity and Beyond-GR Theories
Abstract: Future gravitational wave observatories will deepen our understanding of gravity in the most extreme environments we have probed so far. Ensuring that our measurements of black holes are increasingly accurate will require the calculation of increasingly accurate waveforms for the purposes of parameter estimation. Our next-generation numerical relativity code SpECTRE aims to meet this demand by taking advantage of the massively parallel capabilities of exascale supercomputers. I will give a brief discussion on numerical relativity and discuss the progress we have made in developing SpECTRE. I will also present on concurrent work to make use of modified waveform templates to constrain beyond-GR theories using existing GR waveform approximants.