Speaker
Prof.
Adam Pound
(University of Southampton)
Description
Historically, studies of the merger stage of a black hole binary have centred on fully nonlinear numerical relativity simulations. However, nonlinear black hole perturbation theory provides powerful insights into the ringdown regime immediately following merger, and perturbative self-force theory has proved highly accurate in describing asymmetric binary inspirals even for mass ratios not too far from 1. Here I present a self-force framework for perturbatively modelling the full binary evolution through merger and ringdown, highlighting the synergies with ringdown calculations.
Authors
Prof.
Adam Pound
(University of Southampton)
Prof.
Geoffrey Compere
(Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Dr
Lorenzo Kuchler
(University of Southampton)
