Orateur
Dr
Christopher Berry
(University of Birmingham)
Description
Gravitational-wave observations allow us to infer black hole spins. We will review spin measurements from current LIGO observations of binary black holes. The orientations of the spins are a tracer of the formation mechanism. While spin measurements from individual systems have large uncertainties, more information can be gained by combining the population of results. We show how a hierarchical analysis of spin measurements could be performed to constrain the fraction of binaries with different spin orientations, and how this could impact our understanding of binary formation.
Auteur principal
Dr
Christopher Berry
(University of Birmingham)
Co-auteurs
Prof.
Ilya Mandel
(University of Birmingham)
M.
Simon Stevenson
(University of Birmingham)
