I am an assistant professor at University of Guelph and associate professor at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. In the past I have conducted research on quantum optomechanics, quantum measurement, gravitational-wave detector physics, black hole theories, etc. My current research interest mainly focuses on gravitational wave astrophysics, embracing this major opportunity in astronomy brought by detections of gravitational waves.
Huan Yang, Ph.D.
MY LATEST RESEARCH
We discovered that the angular momentum of an inner binary in a three-body system could be amplified by three-body interactions, as long as the orbit of inner binary is closed (i.e., generic closed orbit around a rotating black hole). It is a general relativistic analog of Kozai-Lidov effect.
We developed a method to coherently add weak signals from different gravitational wave events to achieve better detection sensitivity. This method can be applied to boost the sensitivity of black hole spectroscopy and post-merger signals from binary neutron star mergers.
