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Physics Colloquium: "Evidence for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves in the NANOGrav 15-yr dataset

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Department of Physics
Location
Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Sep 13, 2023   4:00 pm  
Speaker
Xavier Siemens (Oregon State)
Contact
Kelly Darr
E-Mail
khdarr@illinois.edu
Phone
12173007821
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Originating Calendar
Physics - Colloquium

We have recently reported multiple lines of evidence in favor of a stochastic background of gravitational waves in the NANOGrav 15-yr dataset. This result is consistent with findings from other collaborations around the world. In this talk I will discuss the dataset, analyses, and interpretation of our findings, as well as future work. The latter includes a detailed spectral characterization of the signal we have found to better understand its origin, and searches for individual signals that will enable multi-messenger observations of the largest black holes in the universe.

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