Gravitational Astrophysics

Presentations

• Dynamics and Gravitational Wave Signature of Collapsar Formation

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 8:30 AM – May 1, 2011, 8:42 AM

  Authors

  • Christian D. Ott

    • Caltech
    • California Institute of Technology
    • TAPIR, Caltech
    • TAPIR, California Institute of Technology

  • Christian Reisswig

    • TAPIR, California Institute of Technology

  • Erik Schnetter

    • Perimeter Institute

  • Evan O'Connor

    • TAPIR, California Institute of Technology

  • Ulrich Sperhake

    • CSIC-IEEC Barcelona

  • Frank Loeffler

    • CCT, Louisiana State University

  • Peter Diener

    • CCT, Louisiana State University

  • Ernazar Abdikamalov

    • CCT, Louisiana State University

  • Ian Hawke

    • School of Mathematics, University of Southampton

  • Adam Burrows

    • Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  May 1, 2011, 8:42 AM – May 1, 2011, 8:54 AM

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• Testing the black hole no-hair theorem at the galactic center

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 8:54 AM – May 1, 2011, 9:06 AM

  Authors

  • Laleh Sadeghian

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Clifford M. Will

    • Washington University in St. Louis

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• Astrometric Effects of a Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 9:06 AM – May 1, 2011, 9:18 AM

  Authors

  • Laura Book

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Eanna Flanagan

    • Cornell University
    • Cornell

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• Can Lensing Constrain a Boson Star in the Galactic Center

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 9:18 AM – May 1, 2011, 9:30 AM

  Authors

  • Amitai Bin-Nun

    • Yeshiva University

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• Conformal Gravity Rotation Curves and the Impact of a Quadratic Potential in Conformal Gravity

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 9:30 AM – May 1, 2011, 9:42 AM

  Authors

  • James O'Brien

    • University of Connecticut/ WIT

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• How well can LISA measure black hole binaries when the spins are aligned by gas accretion?

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 9:42 AM – May 1, 2011, 9:54 AM

  Authors

  • Ryan Lang

    • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Scott Hughes

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Neil Cornish

    • Montana State University

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• Apsidal Precession in Double White Dwarfs Binaries

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 9:54 AM – May 1, 2011, 10:06 AM

  Authors

  • Francesca Valsecchi

  • Will Farr

    • Northwestern University, CIERA

  • Bart Willems

  • Christopher Deloye

  • Vicky Kalogera

    • Northwestern University, CIERA
    • Northwestern University

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• The Signature of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 10:06 AM – May 1, 2011, 10:18 AM

  Authors

  • Steven Liebling

    • Long Island State University
    • Long Island University

  • Matthew Anderson

    • Lousiana State University
    • Louisiana State University

  • Eric Hirschmann

    • Brigham Young University

  • Luis Lehner

    • Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
    • Perimeter Institute
    • Perimeter Institute/Univ of Guelph
    • Perimeter Institute/University of Guelph

  • Patrick Motl

    • Indiana University Kokomo

  • David Neilsen

    • Brigham Young University

  • Carlos Palenzuela

    • Canadian Instiute for Theoretical Astrophysics
    • Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

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• Fully Nonlinear Numerical Evolutions of Small-Mass-Ratio Black-Hole Binaries

  ORAL

  May 1, 2011, 10:18 AM – May 1, 2011, 10:30 AM

  Authors

  • Yosef Zlochower

    • Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation and School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • RIT

  • Carlos Lousto

    • Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation and School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Manuela Campanelli

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • RIT

  • Hiroyuki Nakano

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • RIT

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