{"500911":{"#nid":"500911","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Gravitational-wave searches for compact binaries with Advanced LIGO \u0026 the role of Numerical Relativity","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECRA Seminar - D\u003C\/strong\u003Er. Prayush Kumar, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first terrestrial observation of gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO heralds an era of gravitational-wave astronomy. Binary systems of compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, are the primary sources targeted by these observatories. While Numerical Relativity (NR) has already been instrumental in shaping gravitational-wave searches, the concurrent discovery of \u0022heavy\u0022 black hole binaries (masses ~ 30-35 Msuns) by Advanced LIGO opens up new avenues for its application to future searches. In this talk, I will discuss results from recent LIGO-Virgo searches; highlight the involvement of NR so far, and discuss some prospective NR applications to future binary black hole observations.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Gravitational-wave searches for compact binaries with Advanced LIGO \u0026 the role of Numerical Relativity"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2016-02-16 10:57:36","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:37","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-02-18T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-02-18T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-02-18T15:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-02-18 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-02-18 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-02-18 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"166896","name":"seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amorain@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eamorain@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}