May 23, 2025
Welcome to the beautiful world of SBI, with this terrific piece of work by Pippa Cole. Here we’re looking at extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), that is, a small black hole orbiting a big black hole, which will be (one day) … Continue reading
May 22, 2025
The University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy) invites applications for a tenure-track professorship in Astrophysics. Milano-Bicocca hosts a vibrant astrophysics group consisting of 11 faculty members, approximately 25 postdocs, and around 15 PhD students. The group has a strong track record … Continue reading
May 22, 2025
This paper came out of some discussions from our “Gravitational-wave snowballs” workshop in Sexten (Italy). We were discussing the good old problem of separating black-hole binary formation channels with spin measurements. Usually one says “aligned=isolated”, “isotropic=dynamical”. But then, some binaries … Continue reading
May 8, 2025
This week we’re all at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in beautiful L’Aquila for the second edition of our joint workshop with the local GW group. Thanks for having us! davidegerosa.com/thuram (If you’re asking, the title of the workshop … Continue reading