30.01.2019 / 14:30 - 15:30 / Hamburg, Bldg. 2a, SR 2

Theory Colloquium

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

Alberto Sesana (Birmingham U.)

Following detection by advance 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 aspect of MBH astrophysics, including their formation, evolution, interaction with their environment and GW emission. I will then discuss 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.

More Information: https://indico.desy.de/indico/event/21113/