Black holes in binaries

Seminar
QUEST Center event
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Speaker
Ilya Mandel (MonashU)
Date
19/02/2024 - 12:00 - 10:30Add to Calendar 2024-02-19 10:30:00 2024-02-19 12:00:00 Black holes in binaries Recent observational successes are providing a new impetus to the study of binaries containing stellar-mass black holes.  I will start with a very brief review of the current understanding of massive binary evolution leading to the formation of black-hole binaries.  I will then focus on a few of the outstanding issues in interpreting both X-ray and gravitational-wave observations and propose pathways for improving our understanding of some challenging aspects of binary evolution. Physics (202) room 301 Department of Physics physics.dept@mail.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Place
Physics (202) room 301
Abstract

Recent observational successes are providing a new impetus to the study of binaries containing stellar-mass black holes.  I will start with a very brief review of the current understanding of massive binary evolution leading to the formation of black-hole binaries.  I will then focus on a few of the outstanding issues in interpreting both X-ray and gravitational-wave observations and propose pathways for improving our understanding of some challenging aspects of binary evolution.

Last Updated Date : 12/02/2024