The stochastic gravitational-wave background is a superposition of many astrophysical and cosmological sources, such as unresolved compact binaries, cosmic strings, and phase transitions in the early Universe. We highlight the importance of source separation in the case of a detection. By separating the individual sources, we can reveal remnants of early-universe processes. We use the data from the third LVK observing run to explore the parameter space of first-order phase transition models. We then investigate signs of parity violation in gravitational-wave data.

In this talk I’ll discuss two recent results on BH superradiance: first, I will describe how BH photon superradiance is typically quenched by interactions of the photon cloud with the ambient electrons. Second, I will explain how an axionic cloud may impact the CMB if it decays into low energy photons which quickly heat and ionise the surrounding medium to Mpc scales.

The gravitation group is inviting you to the following seminar:

A flexible model for neutron star equation of state from nuclear physics

Development in multi-messenger astronomy over the last few years has
opened new facets to the hadronic matter at densities beyond our terrestrial
reach. It provides new constraints to the theories of nuclear physics, where an
absolute energy density functional is desired from ab-initio mechanisms. Under
the realm of general relativity, there is a one-to-one correspondence between

The emergence of the three-dimensional structure of the cosmic web over
the history of the Universe displays very distinctive features when
observed in X-rays, where both the most massive collapsed structure
(clusters of galaxies) and the most energetic events in the life of
galaxies (AGN and Quasars) reveal themselves unambiguously. The next
generation of wide-area, sensitive X-ray surveys designed to map the hot
and energetic Universe will be heralded by eROSITA (extended ROentgen