Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Data analysis with TianQin
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/S4F-SW - Open Area
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute
Host: Fabo Feng/Zhen Pan
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Abstract:
The opening of the gravitational wave window has significantly enhanced our capacity to explore the Universe’s most extreme and dynamic sector. In the mHz frequency range, a diverse range of compact objects, from the most massive black holes at the farthest reaches of the Universe to the lightest white dwarfs in our cosmic backyard, generate a complex and dynamic symphony of gravitational wave signals. Once recorded by gravitational wave detectors, these unique fingerprints have the potential to decipher the birth and growth of cosmic structures over a wide range of scales, from stellar binaries and stellar clusters to galaxies and large-scale structures. The TianQin space-borne gravitational wave mission is scheduled for launch in the 2030s, with an operational lifespan of five years. It will facilitate pivotal insights into the history of our Universe. In this talk, I aim to briefly overview the sources and the studies on corresponding data analysis pipelines.
Biography:
Yiming Hu is a professor and Ph.D. supervisor. He received his Bachelor's degree from Nanjing University in 2011 and his Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow in 2015. He subsequently held postdoctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) and Tsinghua University. As a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, he participated in the detection of the first gravitational wave event. He has led two projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on multiple national and provincial-level projects, including programs under the National Key Research and Development Plan and key projects of the NSFC. He has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 60 as a lead author. He is the recipient of a bronze medal at the International Astronomy Olympiad and, as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, shared the 2017 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
