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SUMMARY:Particle Cosmology Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Josu C. Aurrekoetxea\nThe effect of wave dark matter o
 n equal-mass black hole mergers\nSome of the most well-motivated extension
 s of the standard model of particle physics introduce extra fundamental fi
 elds to explain the origin of dark matter. These fields interact with blac
 k holes and can alter the waveforms produced by binary merger events. Howe
 ver\, the prevailing wisdom is that mergers of equal-mass black holes do n
 ot experience significant effects. In this talk\, I will show\, using new 
 numerical relativity simulations\, that dark matter accumulates between th
 e compact objects and induces a much faster orbital decay than previously 
 estimated. I will also describe how the presence of black holes can cataly
 ze the vacuum decay of fundamental fields.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/176469/particle-cosmology-seminar-6/
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LOCATION:139\, Huxley Building\, South Kensington Campus\, Imperial College
  London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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