24–27 Mar 2025
UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425
US/Pacific timezone

A Tale of Two Black Hole Populations

25 Mar 2025, 10:30
15m
UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425

UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425

475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 darkmatter@physics.ucla.edu

Speaker

Simeon Bird

Description

I will discuss our recent analysis of the LIGO GW catalogue that suggests two separate, unmixed, BH populations, potentially with different spatial distributions or origins. I will also discuss suggestive results from a recent analysis of microlensing towards the galactic bulge.

Authors

Co-authors

Prof. Jessica Lu (UC Berkeley) Dr Nathan Golovich (LLNL) Dr Peter McGill (LLNL) Dr William Dawson (LLNL)

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