Observational constraints of the core-collapse supernova engine with the gravitational-wave data

Event Date:
2023-02-13T11:00:00
2023-02-13T12:00:00
Event Location:
Henn 318
Speaker:
Marek Szczepanczyk, Postdoctoral associate, University of Florida (remote)
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Intended Audience:
Graduate
Local Contact:

Mervyn Chan (mervync@phas.ubc.ca)

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Event Information:

TALK RECORDING AVAILABLE AT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l4DQfOrOuK3dQUECHt1DjAeEUpj4ovnF/view?usp=share_link

Abstract:

Core-collapse supernovae are violent explosions of massive stars. They are usually brighter than their host galaxies, and astronomers observe them daily. However, the mechanism driving these explosions is still unknown. Gravitational waves and neutrinos are the only means directly probing the central engines of these spectacular events. I will present the results of the search for gravitational waves in the data from the third observing run of LIGO-Virgo. We analyzed the data around the explosion time of supernovae observed optically at distances up to 30 Mpc. We have not found any gravitational waves, so we constrain the properties of the explosion's central engine, such as upper limits on the emitted gravitational wave energy and power. For a population of the analyzed supernovae, we constrain the possible core deformation and exclude parameter space of extreme emission models.

Add to Calendar 2023-02-13T11:00:00 2023-02-13T12:00:00 Observational constraints of the core-collapse supernova engine with the gravitational-wave data Event Information: TALK RECORDING AVAILABLE AT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l4DQfOrOuK3dQUECHt1DjAeEUpj4ovnF/view?usp=share_link Abstract: Core-collapse supernovae are violent explosions of massive stars. They are usually brighter than their host galaxies, and astronomers observe them daily. However, the mechanism driving these explosions is still unknown. Gravitational waves and neutrinos are the only means directly probing the central engines of these spectacular events. I will present the results of the search for gravitational waves in the data from the third observing run of LIGO-Virgo. We analyzed the data around the explosion time of supernovae observed optically at distances up to 30 Mpc. We have not found any gravitational waves, so we constrain the properties of the explosion's central engine, such as upper limits on the emitted gravitational wave energy and power. For a population of the analyzed supernovae, we constrain the possible core deformation and exclude parameter space of extreme emission models. Event Location: Henn 318