11–13 Nov 2019
Volkshotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

Massive black hole binaries in the cosmos

13 Nov 2019, 12:00
15m
Riet (Volkshotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Riet

Volkshotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wibautstraat 150 1091 GR Amsterdam
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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.

Primary author

Marta Volonteri

Presentation materials