Beginner's Guide to Modeling for Gravitational Wave Detection

Presentations

• Numerical Relativity in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: From Waveforms to Horizons

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  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: 1. Vaishak Prasad and B. S. Sathyaprakash, Testing Black Holes in General Relativity using their horizon areas. In preparation
  2. Co-author on LVK collaboration paper "GW230814: investigation of a loud gravitational-wave signal observed with a single detector" https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07348v1
  3. Co-author on LVK collaboration paper "GW250114: Testing Hawking's Area Law and the Kerr Nature of Black Holes", Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 111403
  4. Co-author on LVK collaboration paper "Black Hole Spectroscopy and Tests of General Relativity with GW250114", Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 041403

  Presenters

  • Vaishak Prasad

    • The Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Vaishak Prasad

    • The Pennsylvania State University

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• Interferometer Modeling for Current and Future Gravitational Wave Detectors

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  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Matthew Todd

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Matthew Todd

    • Syracuse University

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• A Beginner's Guide to Modeling Low-Frequency Gravitational-Wave Sources

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  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Laura Blecha

    • University of Florida

  Authors

  • Laura Blecha

    • University of Florida

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