Research Seminars @ Illinois

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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Josu Aurrekoetxea (MIT) "Scalar fields around black hole binaries in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA"

Event Type: Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor: Department of Physics
Location: Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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Date: Oct 1, 2025 11:00 am
Speaker: Josu Aurrekoetxea (MIT)
Contact: Deanna Frye
E-Mail: ddebord@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Physics - Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar; Some of the most well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics introduce light scalar fields to explain the origin of dark matter. These fields interact with black holes and can alter the gravitational waveforms produced by binary merger events. In this talk, I will discuss the use of numerical relativity simulations to construct gravitational waveform templates and to search for such new physics using data from the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA detectors.

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