Merging Galaxies & Supermassive Black Hole Binaries: Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays
Event Start:
2020-11-16T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-11-16T16:00:00
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Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are galactic-scale low-frequency (nHz - μHz) gravitational wave (GW) observatories, which aim to directly detect GWs from supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries (≥ 107 M⊙). SMBH binaries are predicted products of galaxy mergers and are a crucial step in galaxy formation theories. The primary source of gravitational radiation in the nHz regime is expected to be a stochastic background formed from the cosmic population of SMBH binaries.
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Speaker:
Joseph Simon (CU Boulder)
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Event Start:
2020-11-16T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-11-16T16:00:00
Merging Galaxies & Supermassive Black Hole Binaries: Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays
Event Information:
Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are galactic-scale low-frequency (nHz - μHz) gravitational wave (GW) observatories, which aim to directly detect GWs from supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries (≥ 107 M⊙). SMBH binaries are predicted products of galaxy mergers and are a crucial step in galaxy formation theories. The primary source of gravitational radiation in the nHz regime is expected to be a stochastic background formed from the cosmic population of SMBH binaries.
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