CRA Seminar: Dr. J. Brian Pitts (University of Cambridge)

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 change, especially in "observables": part of the "problem of time." This talk addresses this problem by reflecting on definitions of observables. Typically observables in Hamiltonian … Continue reading "CRA Seminar: Dr. J. Brian Pitts (University of Cambridge)"

CRA seminar (Hari Sundar)

Bogg 1-44 VizLab

## Scalable Space-time adaptivity for Simulations of Binary Black Hole Intermediate-Mass-Ratio-Inspirals We present a highly scalable framework that targets problems of interest to the numerical relativity and broader astrophysics communities. This framework combines a parallel octree-refined adaptive mesh with a wavelet adaptive multiresolution and a physics module to solve the Einstein equations of general relativity. … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Hari Sundar)"

CRA seminar (Prof. Rahul Prasad Nigam)

Title: Wind noise mitigation in LIGO India structure. Abstract: We will discuss the observations that necessitate a detail study of wind noise effects on the LIGO-India structure and different ways we plan to mitigate such a noise.

CRA seminar (Prof. Jong-Hak Woo)

Boggs 1-90 VizLab

Title/Abstract: 1. 10,000 solar mass black hole in NGC 4395 - primordial or no AGN feedback? I will present the reverberation-mapping study of the lowest-luminosity Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4395, based on the monitoring campaign in 2017 and 2018. The time delay of the Hα emission is measured as 83±14 min.. Combining with the Hα … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Prof. Jong-Hak Woo)"

CRA Cosmic Coffee: Billy Quarles

Howey N201/202 837 State Street, Atlanta, GA, United States

Title: Obliquity Evolution of Earthlike planets in α Centauri AB Abstract: Changes in planetary obliquity, or axial tilt, influence the climatic conditions on a potentially habitable planet, where orbital perturbations from a binary star companion can drive these changes to extremes. We study the evolution of planetary obliquity for an Earthlike planet in the habitable … Continue reading "CRA Cosmic Coffee: Billy Quarles"