Steward Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab Joint Colloquium Series: A Technical Ecosystem to Enable Multi-messenger Astrophysics

Michael Coughlin, University of Minnesota

When

3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Aug. 29, 2024

Where

Abstract:  With the detection of compact binary coalescences and their electromagnetic counterparts by gravitational-wave detectors, a new era of multi-messenger astronomy has begun. In this talk, I will describe how the gravitational-wave community is using these mergers to constrain the unknown equation of state of cold supranuclear matter, and to measure the Hubble constant. I will then discuss how current ground based optical surveys and dedicated follow-up systems are being used to identify more of these, and how we are developing models to test what we find. We will close with near-term prospects for the field.

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