How do you define eccentricity?

How do you define eccentricity?

New paper with Aditya Vijayjumar and Alex Hanselman.

Black holes merging in the universe emit gravitational waves that we can detect. From these signals, we can tell how heavy the black holes were, how fast they were spinning, and how far away they merged. But there is another aspect of the signals that can be incredibly informing: orbital eccentricity, or how “stretched-out” the orbit is relative to a circular orbit.

I've moved to the Adler Planetarium!

I've moved to the Adler Planetarium!

Chicago isn’t done with me yet!

I’m very excited to announce that I’ve started a new position as an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium. In this role, I’ll be continuing my personal research on gravitational waves, and will maintain my collaborations with Northwestern University and The University of Chicago with visiting scholar appointments.

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