Speaker:Andrew Miller (ICTP-AP)

Time: November 10th Friday, 2:00-3:00pm

Location：3#2A246-247

Title: Persistent gravitational-wave sources as probes of neutron-star and dark-matter physics

Abstract: The third observing run of advanced LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA brought unprecedented sensitivity towards a variety of quasi-monochromatic, persistent gravitational-wave signals. Continuous waves allow us to probe not just the canonical asymmetrically rotating neutron stars, but also different forms of dark matter, thus showing the wide-ranging astrophysical implications of using a relatively simple signal model. In this talk, I will summarize recent results from searches for isolatsd neutron stars, and dark matter in the form of asteroid-mass primordial black holes, dark matter clouds that could form around rotating black holes, and even dark matter that could interact with the detectors themselves.