Special TAPIR Seminar

Massive black holes along the cosmic history: formation, dynamics and gravitational waves

Alberto Sesana, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Milano-Bicocca,

Following detection by advanced LIGO, gravitational wave (GW) stocks are on the rise. The low frequency GW Universe is likely dominated by signals emitted by a cosmological population of massive black hole binaries (MBHBs). I will review several aspects of MBH astrophysics, including their formation, evolution, interaction with their environment and GW emission. I will then discuss the prospect of GW detection with pulsar timing arrays and/or future space based interferometers such as the laser interferometer space antenna (LISA) and for pulsar timing arrays.

Event Sponsors:

Theoretical AstroPhysics Including Relativity and Cosmology (TAPIR) - More events from this Sponsor

For more information, please contact JoAnn Boyd by phone at x4280 or by email at [email protected].