Quantum Black Hole Seismology

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Speaker
Niayesh Afshordi
Date
07/05/2020 - 19:30Add to Calendar 2020-05-07 19:30:00 2020-05-07 19:30:00 Quantum Black Hole Seismology I will start by motivating why some observational probes of astrophysical black holes in a quantum theory might be radically different from their classical ones. I will then show that these signatures can be best probed by searching for low frequency harmonics in the gravitational wave spectrum of perturbed black holes, what we call "quantum black hole seismology". Finally, I will end by summarizing the (controversial) observational status of these searches and their future outlook.  The seminar will be given over Zoom, at: https://zoom.us/j/9290951953 The time (16:30) is In Jerusalem Time (09:30 EDT) Zoom Department of Physics physics.dept@mail.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Place
Zoom
Abstract

I will start by motivating why some observational probes of astrophysical black holes in a quantum theory might be radically different from their classical ones. I will then show that these signatures can be best probed by searching for low frequency harmonics in the gravitational wave spectrum of perturbed black holes, what we call "quantum black hole seismology". Finally, I will end by summarizing the (controversial) observational status of these searches and their future outlook. 

The seminar will be given over Zoom, at: https://zoom.us/j/9290951953

The time (16:30) is In Jerusalem Time (09:30 EDT)

Last Updated Date : 26/04/2020