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TAPIR Seminar

Friday, March 25, 2016
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Physics near Rapidly Spinning Black Holes
Samuel Gralla, Asst Professor, Dept of Physics, University of Arizona,

When a black hole spins near the maximum rate, its near-horizon region gains additional emergent symmetries and can be thought of as a spacetime in its own right.  I will discuss the dynamics of particles and fields in this region, the constraints imposed by symmetry, and observational consequences.  In particular I will discuss a "smoking gun" gravitational-wave signal of a black hole with near-maximal spin.

PLEASE NOTE UNUSUAL VENUE:  HAMEETMAN AUDITORIUM

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