Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star-black hole coalescences  [slides]

David Caro building, Level 2, Hercus Theatre (+Zoom)

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Yuxiang Qin

  • Dr Rory Smith
    Dr Rory Smith, Lecturer
    Monash University
         Email: Rory.Smith[at]monash.edu

Abstract

In January 2020, the LIGO and Virgo observatories twice detected gravitational waves from the inspiral and merger of neutron stars with black holes. In this talk, I will describe the detection and characterization of this observation of a new source of gravitational waves, which also represents the first observation of neutron star-black hole binaries.