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| Description | Speaker: Djuna Croon (TRIUMF) Title: New Physics and the Black Hole Mass Gap Host: Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/186024391 Abstract: In this talk I will demonstrate the potential of the black hole mass gap to probe new physics. The mass gap, in which no black holes can be formed, is a standard prediction of stellar structure theory. I will show that new physics that couples to the Standard Model can act as an additional source of energy loss in the cores of population-III stars, dramatically altering their evolution, resulting in large shifts of the gap. The gravitational wave observations by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration will bring the edges of the black hole mass gap in sight in the coming years, making this a promising novel probe of new physics. |
| Date | Mon, November 9, 2020 |
| Time | 1:30pm-2:30pm PST |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Access | Public |
| Created by | High-Energy Seminars |
| Updated | Thu, November 5, 2020 11:25am PST |
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