Nov 3 – 5, 2025
ETH, Zurich
Europe/Zurich timezone

Towards claiming a detection of gravitational memory

Nov 5, 2025, 3:30 PM
45m
E51, HIT building (ETH, Zurich)

E51, HIT building

ETH, Zurich

Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, 8093 Zürich

Speaker

Jann Zosso (NBI Copenhagen)

Description

After offering an introduction into the topic of gravitational memory, I will present the ongoing research of the LISA fundamental physics working group towards a first single event detection of the phenomenon: This includes an assessment of the proper theoretical modeling of the gravitational memory signal, a study of the LISA response to memory, as well as continuing efforts towards a realistic estimate of the detectability from supermassive black hole mergers.

Presentation materials