| Simulating Black Hole Feasts, Burps, Fireworks, and Gravitational Waves |
| Sasha Tchekhovskoy, Northwestern University |
| Event Type: Astro Seminar |
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| Time: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM |
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| Location: 726 Broadway, 940, CCPP Seminar |
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| Abstract: Based on latest state of the art general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations, I will discuss how black holes feast on the surrounding gas, burp away their surroundings, and produce bright emission in a wide range of contexts, ranging from supermassive black holes at the centers of active galaxies to stellar-mass black holes in the context of neutron star collisions and collapsing massive stars. I will finish by discussing how jetted stellar collapse can power gravitational waves detectable by present-day gravitational wave detectors. Link to the Event Video |