Speaker
Dr
Alberto Sesana
(Albert Einstein Institute)
Description
Within this decade the detection of gravitational waves (GWs) may be a reality, opening a completely new window on the Universe. The low frequency window will be dominated by signals emitted by a cosmological population of massive black hole binaries (MBHBs). I will review several aspect of MBH physics, including their formation, evolution, interaction with their environment and gravitational wave (GW) emission. I will pay particular attention to the prospect of GW detection with pulsar timing arrays and/or future space based interferometers and on the astrophysical and cosmological information that such detection will carry.
Primary author
Dr
Alberto Sesana
(Albert Einstein Institute)
