CRA Seminar

Title: Gravitational waves: from black holes to the cosmos Gravitational waves reveal the universe through an entirely unique spectrum, complementary to electromagnetic and neutrino observations. Although the field is young, … Continue reading "CRA Seminar – Maximiliano Isi – Flatiron Inst. NYC"

Title: Galaxy Evolution and the Cosmic Baryon Cycle in 3D Abstract Galaxies are intricately linked to the gas in and around them, making the characterization of gas flows essential for directly constraining star formation, gas flow rates, and feedback processes, as well as for testing modern theories of galaxy evolution. The recent deployment of highly … Continue reading "CRA Seminar – Yuguang Chen UC-Davis"

Title: The anti-aligned spin of GW191109: Glitch Mitigation and its Implications  Abstract: One of the most interesting events in the third LVK observing run was GW191109, which was found to have spins which were confidently anti-aligned with the orbital angular momentum - one of only two such cases which has been released - and high … Continue reading "CRA Seminar – Rhiannon Udall, Caltech"

 Title: Probing neutron star physics via multimessenger astronomy Abstract: In this talk I will review recent work that allowed us to obtain a better understanding of the neutron star equation of … Continue reading "CRA Seminar – Vasilis Paschalidis, U. of Arizona [Host Tamara Bogdanovic]"

Title: Dust Scattering Halo of black hole binary 4U 1630-47 Observed with Chandra and APEX: Using mm and X-ray Imaging to Constrain Source and Molecular Cloud Distances Abstract: Dust scattering … Continue reading "CRA Seminar – Emrah Kalemci [Host Matthew Liska]"

Title: Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts in the NICER Era Abstract: Thermonuclear X-ray bursts are sudden flashes observed from some low-mass X-ray binaries. Time-resolved spectral analysis and long-term observations have revealed that they … Continue reading "CRA Seminar – Tolga Guver [Host Matthew Liska]"

Title: The Growth and Evolution of SMBHs via Galaxy Mergers Abstract: After decades of SMBH observations, the connection between AGN triggering and galaxy mergers remains incomplete, although AGN are likely … Continue reading "CRA Seminar – Adi Foord, U. of Maryland Baltimore County [Host Tamara Bogdanovic]"

Title: Probing the inner geometry of AGN accretion flows and searching for SMBHB candidates in large optical sky surveys Abstract: Observations of the AGN Fairall 9 with NICER and Swift … Continue reading "CRA Seminar: Ethan Partington, IA-FORTH (Host Laura Cadonati)"

Title: The Origin of Supermassive Black Holes from Pop III.1 Seeds Abstract: The origin of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is a key open question for contemporary astrophysics and cosmology. Here … Continue reading "Special CRA Seminar – Jonathan C. Tan [Host John Wise]"