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O'Toole, Conor
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O'Toole, Conor
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O'Toole, Conor
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- PublicationGreen Function Methods in Black Hole Spacetimes(University College Dublin. School of Mathematics and Statistics, 2022)
; 0000-0002-7885-8619In this thesis I present the development of a characteristic initial value problem approach to calculating the Green function for applications to Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals. I demonstrate the approach with calculations of the scalar self-force in Schwarzschild spacetime. This method is extended to include the gravitational Regge-Wheeler and Zerilli Green functions, from which I compute gravitational wave energy fluxes. I apply this method to three additional problems: (i) the computation of scattering orbit deflection angle corrections at first-order in the mass ratio, (ii) calculation of contributions at second-order in the mass ratio to the orbital evolution, and (iii) application of the numerical techniques to the Teukolsky equation in both Schwarzschild and Kerr spacetimes. I present results of each of these applications and discuss potential future improvements and extensions.42 - PublicationEIRSAT-1 - The Educational Irish Research Satellite(ESA, 2018-08-01)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; The Educational Irish Research Satellite, "EIRSAT-1", is a collaborative space project that aims to build, launch and operate the first ever Irish satellite. The EIRSAT-1 spacecraft is a 2U CubeSat incorporating three novel experiment payloads: GMOD, a gamma-ray detector; EMOD, a thermal management coating demonstration; and WBC, an attitude control algorithm. The spacecraft is currently under construction at University College Dublin and will be delivered to ESA in late 2019.427