Surprises from the spins: astrophysics and relativity with detections of spinning black-hole mergers
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Gerosa, Davide
Abstract
Measurements of black-hole spins are of crucial importance to fulfill the promise of gravitational-wave astronomy. On the astrophysics side, spins are perhaps the cleanest indicator of black-hole evolutionary processes, thus providing a preferred way to discriminate how LIGO's black holes form. On the relativity side, spins are responsible for peculiar dynamical phenomena (from precessional modulations in the long inspiral to gravitational-wave recoils at merger) which encode precious information on the underlying astrophysical processes. I present some examples to explore this deep and fascinating interplay between spin dynamics (relativity) and environmental effects (astrophysics). Black-hole spins indeed hide remarkable surprises on both fronts: morphologies, resonances, constraints on supernova kicks, multiple merger generations and more...
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© 2018 The Author. Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. These findings were presented in a plenary talk at the 12th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, following the awarding ceremony of the 2016 Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize. D.G. would like to thank the Gravitational Wave International Committee and all friends of Stefano Braccini for this award, and encourage future graduates to submit their Theses for consideration. D.G thanks E. Berti, M. Kesden, R. O'Shaughnessy, U. Sperhake, and D. Wysocki, who all contributed to the research presented in these proceedings. D.G. is supported by NASA through Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant No. PF6-170152 awarded by the Chandra X-ray Center, which is operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for NASA under Contract NAS8-03060.Attached Files
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- PF6-170152
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