Speaker
Steven Harris
Description
Since the 2017 observation of gravitational wave and electromagnetic signals from a neutron star merger, binary mergers have emerged as a powerful environment in which to study physics beyond the standard model (BSM). As an example of BSM physics, and due to their connection to QCD, I will focus on axions and describe the various roles they may play in neutron star mergers, as well as the prospects for constraining axions with future neutron star merger observations.
