Orateur
Mlle
Miriam Cabero Mueller
(Albert Einstein Institute Hannover)
Description
Observations of gravitational waves from binary black hole coalescences
provide an opportunity for testing the black hole area increase law, also
known as the area theorem. For loud enough signals, the inspiral (ringdown)
part of the waveform provides a measurement of the initial (final)
parameters of the black holes. We explore how to perform such measurements
with Advanced LIGO in order to independently obtain the initial and final
areas. These measurements will allow us to calculate the probability that
the final area has indeed increased to determine if a specific
gravitational-wave event is compatible with the area theorem.
Auteur principal
Mlle
Miriam Cabero Mueller
(Albert Einstein Institute Hannover)
