Plasma-photon interaction in curved spacetime I: formalism and quasibound states around nonspinning black holes

no code implementations • 9 Dec 2020 • Enrico Cannizzaro, Andrea Caputo, Laura Sberna, Paolo Pani

We investigate the linear dynamics of an electromagnetic field propagating in curved spacetime in the presence of plasma.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Constraining the primordial black hole scenario with Bayesian inference and machine learning: the GWTC-2 gravitational wave catalog

no code implementations • 3 Nov 2020 • Kaze W. K. Wong, Gabriele Franciolini, Valerio De Luca, Vishal Baibhav, Emanuele Berti, Paolo Pani, Antonio Riotto

Primordial black holes (PBHs) might be formed in the early Universe and could comprise at least a fraction of the dark matter.

Bayesian Inference General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology