11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Title: A multimessenger, multiband view of compact binaries
Abstract: Gravitational wave and electromagnetic observations offer complementary insights into the lives of compact stellar binaries as they form, evolve, and die. With even the very formation of compact binaries poorly understood, I will first introduce a novel technique using mid-infrared data to reveal common envelope ejection leading to LISA-detectable white dwarf binaries that ultimately end as Type Ia supernovae. Next, I will discuss a search using TESS aimed at identifying the poorly-localized mergers of neutron star and black hole binaries which are detected by current GW observatories like LIGO, to directly probe their final fates. Finally, I will describe upcoming Hubble and JWST time-domain surveys of globular clusters, predicted to be prolific dynamical factories of these systems; binaries discovered in these environments will help to untangle the histories of LIGO binaries, and could themselves be LISA sources. Together, these observations explore the evolution of compact binaries from formation to merger.
Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/96477534182?pwd=ypU41Y4kOxRWO3cSRImezBYtv75UGH.1
