Computing and Detecting Gravitational Waves from Core Collapse Supernovae
Faculty Mentor Name
Michele Zanolin and Marek Szczepanczyk
Format Preference
Poster
Abstract
The discovery of gravitational waves marked the beginning of a new era of astronomy. On Feb 11, 2016, LIGO reported the observation of the first signal from the merger of two black holes. Another black hole merger was reported later in May 2016, and even more detections are expected from this family of sources. The next family of sources that could revolutionize the field are Supernovae, the explosions that mark the end of large stars. This project will primarily focus on the numerical modeling of these sources and on optimizing the algorithms that search for these signals in the data collected by laser interferometers.
Location
AC1-ATRIUM
Start Date
3-31-2017 11:00 AM
End Date
3-31-2017 3:00 PM
Computing and Detecting Gravitational Waves from Core Collapse Supernovae
AC1-ATRIUM
The discovery of gravitational waves marked the beginning of a new era of astronomy. On Feb 11, 2016, LIGO reported the observation of the first signal from the merger of two black holes. Another black hole merger was reported later in May 2016, and even more detections are expected from this family of sources. The next family of sources that could revolutionize the field are Supernovae, the explosions that mark the end of large stars. This project will primarily focus on the numerical modeling of these sources and on optimizing the algorithms that search for these signals in the data collected by laser interferometers.