Cosmological Physics with Black Holes

Kristen Menou (Columbia University) - Mar 31, 2008 at 12:10 pm

The gravitational observatory LISA will detect coalescing pairs of massive black holes, accurately measure their luminosity distance and help identify a host galaxy or an electromagnetic counterpart. I will describe observational strategies focused on identifying such electromagnetic counterparts and associated host galaxies. Successful identifications would enable a novel type of astrophysical studies and new fundamental tests of gravitational physics on cosmological scales.

The seminar will be held in 544 Campbell Hall.

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