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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave

Seminár Katedry teoretickej fyziky - Surajit Das (13.10.2026)

v utorok 13.10.2026 o 14:00 hod. v miestnosti F2/125


06. 10. 2026 16.06 hod.
Od: Peter Maták

Prednášajúci: Surajit Das (Department of Astronomy, School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China)

Názov: Spin-Environment Induced Chaos around Astrophysical Black Holes at Realistic Astrophysical Spin

Termín: 13.10.2026, 14:00 hod., miestnosť F2 125


Abstrakt:
Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are promising sources for future space-based gravitational-wave detectors such as LISA, TianQin, and Taiji. While the motion of a small compact object around a black hole is usually described by integrable geodesic dynamics, the spin of the compact object introduces spin–curvature coupling and can lead to resonances and chaos. I will discuss the onset of chaos for a spinning compact orbiting a non-spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by a dark-matter halo. In particular, it will be shown that the presence of the halo can trigger chaotic behaviour at much lower astrophysically realistic spin values. Interestingly, these effects are not limited to the immediate vicinity of the black hole but can also appear at much larger orbital distances. The possible implications of such chaotic dynamics for gravitational-wave signals, and for probing dark-matter environments around astrophysical black holes, will also be discussed.