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SUMMARY:Binary Black Hole Mergers beyond General Relativity - Maria Okounk
 ova (Flatiron Institute)
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CONTACT:Justin Ripley
DESCRIPTION:At some length scale\, Einstein's theory of general relativity
  (GR) must break down and be reconciled with quantum mechanics in a quantu
 m theory of gravity.\nBinary black hole mergers probe the strong field\, n
 on-linear\, highly dynamical regime of gravity\, and thus gravitational wa
 ves from these systems could contain beyond-GR signatures. While LIGO pres
 ently performs model-independent and parametrized tests of GR\,\nin order 
 to perform model-dependent tests\, we must have access to numerical relati
 vity binary black hole waveform predictions in beyond-GR theories through 
 full inspiral\, merger\, and ringdown. In this talk\, I will discuss our r
 esults in producing full numerical\nrelativity waveforms in beyond-GR theo
 ries\, including dynamical Chern-Simons gravity and Einstein dilaton Gauss
 -Bonnet gravity\, and performing gravitational wave data analysis on these
  waveforms. \n\nTopic: Friday GR Seminar\nTime: Oct 29\, 2021 2:00 PM Lond
 on\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://maths-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94939851298?pwd
 =cGwxVSszZFhnVGxTNFROYWtWQ3dEdz09\n\nMeeting ID: 949 3985 1298\nPasscode: 
 061549
LOCATION:Zoom
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