Astrophysics with Gravitational Waves I

Presentations

• Inferring Eccentricity of Binary Black Holes from Spin-Orbit Misalignment

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 10:30 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Vishal Baibhav

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Vishal Baibhav

    • Columbia University

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• Modeling torques on stellar mass black holes due to thin accretion disks around supermassive black holes

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 10:42 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Abhishek Hegade K R

    • Princeton Gravity Initiative

  Authors

  • Abhishek Hegade K R

    • Princeton Gravity Initiative

  • Nicolas Yunes

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles F Gammie

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 10:54 AM – March 18, 2026, 11:06 AM

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• The Fault Is Not in Our Stars, It Is in Our Priors

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 11:06 AM – March 18, 2026, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Sanika Sameer Khadkikar

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Sanika Sameer Khadkikar

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• How black holes get their superkicks: spins and the radiation rocket

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 11:18 AM – March 18, 2026, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Sean T McWilliams

    • West Virginia University

  Authors

  • Sean T McWilliams

    • West Virginia University

  • Anuj Kankani

    • West Virginia University

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• Can we distinguish lensing and precession effects in gravitational wave signals?

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 11:30 AM – March 18, 2026, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Tamanjyot Singh

    • University of Texas at Dallas

  Authors

  • Tamanjyot Singh

    • University of Texas at Dallas

  • Michael Kesden

    • University of Texas at Dallas

  • Lindsay J King

    • University of Texas at Dallas

  • Benjamin McCallip

    • Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX

  • Tien Nguyen

    • Cornell University, Ithaca

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• The Third-Body Imprint: Detecting Center-of-Mass Acceleration in 3G Gravitational-Wave Observations

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 11:42 AM – March 18, 2026, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Poulami D Dutta Roy

    • University of Florida

  Authors

  • Poulami D Dutta Roy

    • University of Florida

  • Suvikranth Gera

    • Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

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• GW250114 reveals black hole horizon signatures

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 11:54 AM – March 18, 2026, 12:06 PM

  Publication: arXiv: 2510.01001

  Presenters

  • Neil Lu

    • Australian National University

  Authors

  • Neil Lu

    • Australian National University

  • Sizheng Ma

    • Perimeter Inst for Theo Phys

  • Ornella Piccinni

    • Universitat de les Illes Balears

  • Yanbei Chen

    • Caltech

  • Ling Sun

    • Australian Natl University

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• Probing remnant properties of binary black hole mergers using a novel ringdown analysis

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 12:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Achal Kumar

    • University of Florida

  Authors

  • Achal Kumar

    • University of Florida

  • Poulami D Dutta Roy

    • University of Florida

  • Sergey G Klimenko

    • University of Florida

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