Gravity seminar - Alberto Sesana Seminar
- Time:
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Date:
- 11Ìý¹ó±ð²ú°ù³Ü²¹°ù²âÌý2016
- Venue:
- 54/7033 (7C)
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Kyriaki Dionysopoulou at k.dionysopoulou@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Supermassive black hole astrophysics with pulsar timing arrays
The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) is just around the corner (literally), opening a completely new window on the Universe. At nHz frequencies, pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) promise to detect the signal coming from the cosmological population of supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) within the next few years. After reviewing the astrophysics of SMBHBs, I will describe the current status of the PTA effort, present the most recent limits, and their astrophysical implications.
Speaker information
Alberto Sesana , Birmingham.