Seppe Staelens

PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Publications

Papers

  • Canizares, P., Staelens, S. J., & Romero-Shaw, I. (2026). The Shape of Eccentricity: Rapid Classification of Eccentric Binaries with the Wavelet Scattering Transform. arXiv:2602.24079 [gr-qc]
  • Staelens, S. J. (2025). Search for growing angular modes in ultracompact boson star evolutions. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 3177 012046. Link
  • Marks, G. A., Staelens, S. J., Evstafyeva, T., & Sperhake, U. (2025). Long-term stable nonlinear evolutions of ultracompact black-hole mimickers. Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 131402. Link
  • Staelens, S., & Nelemans, G. (2024). Likelihood of white dwarf binaries to dominate the astrophysical gravitational wave background in the mHz band. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 683, A139. Link
  • Staelens, S., Mayerson, D. R., Bacchini, F., Ripperda, B., & Küchler, L. (2023). Black hole photon rings beyond general relativity. Physical Review D, 107(12), 124026. Link

Book Chapters

  • Lupsasca, A., Mayerson, D.R., Ripperda, B., Staelens, S. (2024). A Beginner’s Guide to Black Hole Imaging and Associated Tests of General Relativity. In: Bambi, C., Cárdenas-Avendaño, A. (eds) Recent Progress on Gravity Tests. Springer Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology. Springer, Singapore. Springer link, arXiv link

Recorded Talks

For a full list of talks, please click here.
  • Staelens, S. J. Long-term stable non-linear evolutions of ultracompact black hole mimickers. Perimeter Institute, May 08, 2025, recording.
  • Staelens, S. J. Stable evolutions of ultracompact BH mimickers in 3+1 dimensions. 24th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation & the 16th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Glasgow, July 15, 2025. recording.

Master's Theses

  • Staelens, S. (2023). Merging Compact Objects in the LISA Frequency Band [Master's Thesis Astronomy and Astrophysics, KU Leuven & RU Nijmegen]. Supervisors: Prof. Peter Jonker and Prof. Gijs Nelemans. Link
  • Staelens, S. (2022). Black Hole Photon Rings Beyond General Relativity [Master's Thesis Theoretical Physics, KU Leuven]. Supervisors: Prof. Thomas Hertog and Dr. Daniel Mayerson. Link