Speaker
Sajal Mukherjee
(Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences)
Description
In this talk, I will discuss the possibilities of detecting
gravitational waves (GW) from hyperbolic encounters within the scope of
the current and future interferometric detectors. Given that the globular
clusters are most favorable to host these events, we study the scattering
events in these dense clusters, and discuss event rates for observing such
encounters. By incorporating the localized effects appearing inside a
cluster, and using realistic cluster models, we argue that our estimations
are on the conservative side, while the actual detection rates may surpass
these average rates. I will discuss these results in detail, and point out
its implication in the GW astronomy and understanding cluster's
properties.
Primary author
Sajal Mukherjee
(Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences)