10–12 Jan 2018
Centre for Particle Theory, Durham
Europe/London timezone

Gravitational Waves from Oscillaton Star Collisions

11 Jan 2018, 15:50
20m
Centre for Particle Theory, Durham

Centre for Particle Theory, Durham

IPPP & Dept. Mathematical Sciences Durham University South Road Durham DH1 3LE

Speaker

Mr Thomas Helfer (Kings College London)

Description

I will talk about the GW signatures from the collisions of Oscillatons -- which are long-lived non-topological solutions of massive scalar fields. I will describe the technical challenges and present the GW wave forms of such collisions calculated using the numerical relativity code GRCHOMBO. I will show that for black hole end states, the total gravitational waves energy released in such collisions is more than that of BH-BH collisions of equal masses by a significant amount.
What would be the preferred length of your talk? 20 minutes + questions

Primary author

Mr Thomas Helfer (Kings College London)

Co-authors

Dr Amin Mustfa (Rice University) Dr Eugene Lim (King's College London) Dr Garcia Marcos (Rice University)

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