@spacedontwait

Astrophysicist | Adler Planetarium | Black hole enthusiast | Musician

 Chicago, IL
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Joined January 2017
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I led the team of @LIGO-@ego_virgo-Kagra scientists working on the analysis and paper writing of this event with @spacedontwait. Check out his talk @APSMeetings at 1:30PM PDT today for more details, or read on for the highlights! 2/7
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New paper on arXiv today! With Alex and Mike (@spacedontwait), we: 1. Show that the definition of orbital eccentricity used in astrophysics simulations differs from that in waveform models. 2. Outline a procedure to ensure consistency! arxiv.org/abs/2402.07892 (1/3)
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Exciting to be on @ABC7Chicago this morning and having a chat with @TracyButlerABC7 about one of the best meteor showers of the year…bundle up and find some dark skies tonight to catch the Geminids! abc7chicago.com/14176583/

Tracy Butler talks upcoming meteor shower

Tracy Butler and an Adler Planetarium astrophysicist discussed the meteor shower Wednesday night.

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After more than a decade I’ve finally completed the Chicago Space Circuit…now officially an astronomer at @AdlerPlanet! adler✨>northwestern🪐>uchicago🌌>adler👽
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This is what I was doing instead of reading the thread that blew up @aCarlRodriguez @spacedontwait @spacetimekatie @farrwill
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Michael Zevin retweeted
Gravity Spy@GravitySpyZoo16 Jul 2021
Introducing Pizzicato, a new glitch class identified by our @the_zooniverse volunteers! We think this glitch is due to the violin modes of the @LIGO detectors' mirror suspensions, but the exact cause has yet to be identified blog.gravityspy.org/2021/07/… #CommunityScience

New Glitch Category Added to Gravity Spy – Pizzicato!

Hello everyone! Pizzicato (originally known as High Frequency Burst 500 Hz) has been added as a new glitch category option in Level 5 and Level 7! Pizzicato was brought to our attention when it was…

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Newest paper w/ @astrobel_rs, Kyle Kremer, @EHThrane, & @LaskyPaul where we investigate selection effects for eccentric black hole mergers & the implications that an eccentric detection (or lack thereof) has on the fraction of mergers coming from clusters! arxiv.org/abs/2106.09042
Constraints on the fraction of detectable binary black hole mergers coming from clusters, in the case where there are N_ecc eccentric observations out of N_obs total observations. After the 4th observing run of LIGO/Virgo, seeing no eccentric observations would mean that clusters do not account for the majority of detectable mergers. However, seeing just one would put stringent lower limits on the fraction of mergers coming from clusters!

ALT Constraints on the fraction of detectable binary black hole mergers coming from clusters, in the case where there are N_ecc eccentric observations out of N_obs total observations. After the 4th observing run of LIGO/Virgo, seeing no eccentric observations would mean that clusters do not account for the majority of detectable mergers. However, seeing just one would put stringent lower limits on the fraction of mergers coming from clusters!

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Michael Zevin retweeted
Gravity Spy@GravitySpyZoo13 Feb 2020
A photo of our team from our annual meeting at @NUCIERA. We looked back over four(!) years of the project and discussed potential plans for the future
The Gravity Spy Team

ALT The Gravity Spy Team

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Michael Zevin retweeted
LIGO@LIGO3 Jan 2020
Mike Zevin: "Science is something that always interested me as a kid. I somehow learned what supernovae were, and refused to go to sleep because I was too scared that the Sun was going to go supernova when I was sleeping." humansofligo.blogspot.com/20…
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I totally fit in...
Reyhaneh Maktoufi, PhD@TheCosmicRey19 Jul 2019
Replying to @astrojthe3 @Astro_Locke @StephHamy820 @susannakohler @msginnyliz @harshilkamdar @briles_34 @spacedontwait
@spacedontwait subtle 😂
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it's late, but here's the pic of the #ComSciCon19 ☄️🌑#astronomers 🌟🌠 (#comscicosmonauts?) @SupahNava 🌟@Astro_Locke 🌟Dr @StephHamy820 Dr @susannakohler🌟 @msginnyliz 🌟@TheCosmicRey 🌟@harshilkamdar🌟 @briles_34 🌟@spacedontwait #comscicosmos #comscicontinues #scicomm 🌟🔭
photo of 9 astronomers at Com-Sci-Con.the organizers are wearing yellow conference themed shirts

ALT photo of 9 astronomers at Com-Sci-Con.the organizers are wearing yellow conference themed shirts

photo of 9 astronomers at Com-Sci-Con.the organizers are wearing yellow conference themed shirts with Mike photoshopped in

ALT photo of 9 astronomers at Com-Sci-Con.the organizers are wearing yellow conference themed shirts with Mike photoshopped in

silly photo of 9 astronomers at Com-Sci-Con.the organizers are wearing yellow conference themed shirts with Mike photoshopped in

ALT silly photo of 9 astronomers at Com-Sci-Con.the organizers are wearing yellow conference themed shirts with Mike photoshopped in

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Michael Zevin retweeted
AAS Nova@AASNova27 Mar 2019
Merging Eccentric Pairs of Black Holes aasnova.org/2019/03/27/mergi… @NorthwesternU @NUCIERA @spacedontwait
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Celebrate #Pisces season with some #GravitySpy koi fish glitches! zooniverse.org/projects/zoon…
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Michael Zevin retweeted
Christopher Berry@cplberry3 Oct 2018
New paper by @spacedontwait et al on resonant binary–binary interactions driving eccentric binary black hole mergers observable with @LIGO–@ego_virgo arxiv.org/abs/1810.00901
Eccentricity distributions and time delays for three different populations of inspirals. The gravitational-wave captures often (~50%) have eccentricities detectable with LIGO!

ALT Eccentricity distributions and time delays for three different populations of inspirals. The gravitational-wave captures often (~50%) have eccentricities detectable with LIGO!

Eccentric Black Hole Mergers in Dense Star Clusters: The Role of Binary-Binary Encounters Michael Zevin, Johan Samsing, Carl Rodriguez, Carl-Johan Haster, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz arXiv:1810.00901 [astro-ph.HE]

ALT Eccentric Black Hole Mergers in Dense Star Clusters: The Role of Binary-Binary Encounters Michael Zevin, Johan Samsing, Carl Rodriguez, Carl-Johan Haster, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz arXiv:1810.00901 [astro-ph.HE]

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Thanks @NialaBoodhoo and @21stShow for putting on a great broadcast about the recent GW discovery with yours truly! soundcloud.com/21st-show/gra…
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I've finally made a twitter to become famous to fast-track my career. suggestions? #hashtag
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