Gravitational Wave Probes of Fundamental Physics

Massive black hole binaries in the cosmos

13 Nov 2019, 12:00

15m

Riet (Volkshotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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Speaker

Marta Volonteri

Description

I will outline our current understanding on how massive black holes, routinely found in galaxy centers, form in galaxies in the first billion years of the Universe and how they form binaries, eventually coalescing emitting gravitational waves in the frequency range observable by LISA and PTAs.

Presentation materials

Amsterdam_FP.pdf