Wave Optics in Gravitational Wave Lensing

Event Date:
2023-09-07T11:00:00
2023-09-07T12:00:00
Event Location:
Henn 318
Speaker:
Dr. Paolo Cremonese, Universitat de las Illes Balears
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Intended Audience:
Graduate
Local Contact:

Mervyn Chan (mervync@phas.ubc.ca)

**We welcome everyone to this event, from upper-level undergraduate students, post-docs and faculty to the general public. Come join us!**

Event Information:

Abstract:

In this talk, I will give a brief introduction on the lensing of gravitational waves, with special attention to the wave optics regime. After the introduction, I will present a method that makes use of the phase of the signal to identify and properly categorize lensed merging binaries events. Finally, I will address a well-known problem in gravitational lensing, the Mass-Sheet Degeneracy and I will show how this could affect parameter estimation for lensed events.

Add to Calendar 2023-09-07T11:00:00 2023-09-07T12:00:00 Wave Optics in Gravitational Wave Lensing Event Information: Abstract: In this talk, I will give a brief introduction on the lensing of gravitational waves, with special attention to the wave optics regime. After the introduction, I will present a method that makes use of the phase of the signal to identify and properly categorize lensed merging binaries events. Finally, I will address a well-known problem in gravitational lensing, the Mass-Sheet Degeneracy and I will show how this could affect parameter estimation for lensed events. Event Location: Henn 318