Speaker
Mr
Mudit Garg
Description
One primary source for the future space-based gravitational wave (GW) mission LISA is massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) of 10^4-10^8 solar masses formed mainly due to the merger of galaxies. GWs from an MBHB carry information about the binary’s parameters and also about their environment, which can reveal their formation channels. I focus on gas-assisted MBHB evolution that non-negligibly torques the binary and excites measurable orbital eccentricity. I will use analytical and numerical techniques to show the minimum measurable eccentricity and gas-induced perturbation. I also show how population inference would help to unlock the mysteries of MBHBs’ formation channels.
Primary author
Mr
Mudit Garg
