Observational tests of general relativity with black hole inspiral, coalescence, and ringdown Prof. Lee Samuel Finn (Penn State University) Website: https://www.phys.psu.edu/people/lsf5 Abstract: As far as it has been tested, general … Continue reading "CRA Seminar: Lee Samuel Finn (Penn State University)"
Title: “I Like to Myself Believe That Planet 5 Turns Slowly” Abstract: Within the general framework of the core-nucleated accretion theory of giant planet formation, the conglomeration of massive gaseous … Continue reading "CRA seminar: Prof. Konstantin Batygin (Caltech)"
Title: Where Do Population III Stars Form? Abstract: We perform a cosmological simulation with a comoving volume of 1 Mpc^3 to study the birth-places of Population III stars, using … Continue reading "CRA Cosmic Coffee: Danielle Skinner"
Title: Marginally Trapped Surfaces in Black Hole Mergers Abstract: For numerical simulations of black hole mergers, typically the apparent horizon that forms is of primary interest and can be used … Continue reading "CRA Cosmic Coffee: Chris Evans"
Title: “Time Domain Astronomy with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor in the Multimessenger Era” Abstract: On August 17, 2017, a new era in astronomy began with the detection of merging … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Dr. Colleen Wilson-Hodge)"
Jason Gallicchio and Brian Shuve from Harvey Mudd College Title: Improving Tests of Quantum Entanglement by using Light from Distant Quasars Abstract: Quantum entanglement, described by Einstein as "spooky action … Continue reading "CRA special seminar: Jason Gallicchio and Brian Shuve (Harvey Mudd College)"
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Title: Change and Observables in Hamiltonian General Relativity Abstract: Canonical (Hamiltonian) General Relativity and the associated project in quantum gravity are said to suffer from a problem of missing … Continue reading "CRA Seminar: Dr. J. Brian Pitts (University of Cambridge)"
