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Next, Add in a Sprinkling of Primordial Binaries

Next, Add in a Sprinkling of Primordial Binaries

by Storm Colloms | Feb 7, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s astrobite explores if current gravitational wave observations be explained if we add in primordial black holes to our recipe of the universe.

Close Encounters of stars with the black hole binaries kind

Close Encounters of stars with the black hole binaries kind

by Pranav Satheesh | Feb 2, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Find out what happens when a star comes too close to a binary black hole system in today’s astrobite.

To View or Not to View: Explaining Optical/X-ray Evolution in Tidal Disruption Events with Viewing Angle and Accretion Rate Dependence

To View or Not to View: Explaining Optical/X-ray Evolution in Tidal Disruption Events with Viewing Angle and Accretion Rate Dependence

by Megan Masterson | Jan 30, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper presents a unified model for tidal disruption events, in which a star gets shredded by the tidal forces of a supermassive black hole!

Cosmic Echolocation: A New Method to Measure Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves

Cosmic Echolocation: A New Method to Measure Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves

by Cole Meldorf | Jan 28, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

In this astrobite, astrophysicists use gravitational waves to “listen” for the presence of dark matter and infer its properties!

The Peculiar Nature of Black Hole Birth Kicks

The Peculiar Nature of Black Hole Birth Kicks

by Sonja Panjkov | Jan 27, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

General relativity to the rescue! Today’s paper teaches us how microlensing data can be used to infer black hole natal kick velocities.

Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Erin Kara

Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Erin Kara

by Sahil Hegde | Jan 8, 2023 | Career Navigation, Current Events, Interviews, Personal Experiences

Today we talk black holes with Professor Erin Kara in anticipation of her plenary talk at #AAS241!

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