Multimessenger opportunities with massive black hole binaries

7 Oct 2022, 09:30
30m

Speaker

Alberto Sesana (Albert Einstein Institute, Golm)

Description

Massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) are expected to be the loudest gravitational wave (GW) sources in the milli-Hz window which will be probed by the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. MBHs are also known to radiate at large luminosities, opening the possibility of future multimessenger observations of MBHBs. I will describe the dynamics of MBHBs, their expected GW and electromagnetic signals and prospects for multimessenger astronomy in the next decade.

Primary author

Alberto Sesana (Albert Einstein Institute, Golm)

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