May 27, 2024
The orbits of binary black holes could be eccentric, but in practice they’re not. At least when we observe them, and that’s because of a relativistic effect that circularizes the orbit. Even if astrophysics formed black holes eccentric, relativity makes … Continue reading
May 23, 2024
We are organizing “Gravitational-wave snowballs, populations, and models” — a workshop to be held in Sexten, in the Dolomites region of Italy, January 20-24, 2025:https://sites.google.com/unimib.it/gwsnowballs Our goal is to bring together researchers at the forefront of both forward astrophysical modeling of … Continue reading