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BHI Colloquium

Monday, December 1, 2025
11:00 AM

INPERSON
G10 and Zoom

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BHI Colloquium

Jonathan Zrake

Description

Predicting the Electromagnetic and Gravitational Wave Signatures of Massive Black Hole Binaries with AI Coding Agents

I will talk about prospects to jointly study massive black hole binaries in electromagnetic and gravitational waves (GWs), with upcoming observatories including LSST and LISA. I will argue that upcoming searches should target active galaxies exhibiting long-term trends in brightness or color, and show how such trends can be caused by the GW-driven orbital decay of an accreting binary black hole system. I will also discuss my experiences in leveraging AI to improve the fidelity of astrophysics software used in astrophysical simulation studies.

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When

Monday, December 1, 2025 11:00 AM

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Inperson
G10 and Zoom

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