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SUMMARY:Gravitational Collider Physics - John Stout(University of Amsterda
 m)
DTSTART:20191104T130000Z
DTEND:20191104T140000Z
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CONTACT:Sadra Jazayeri
DESCRIPTION:Gravitational wave astronomy will play a transformative role i
 n astrophysics\; can it do the same for particle physics? An ultralight bo
 sonic field will extract mass and angular momentum from a rapidly spinning
  black hole\, forming a gravitationally bound condensate reminiscent of th
 e hydrogen atom. This "gravitational atom" will have nontrivial dynamics i
 f it is part of a binary inspiral. I will argue that these dynamics can be
  described as a series of "scattering" events\, quantified by an S-matrix\
 , during which there can be large corrections to the inspiral trajectory a
 nd thus the resulting gravitational wave signal. These corrections can the
 n be used to infer the mass and spin of the boson\, turning binary inspira
 ls into ultralight particle detectors.\n
LOCATION:CMS\, Pav. B\, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room]
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