GW3 - GW Laser Interferometry in Japan and Austral-Asia |
Speaker_ |
Finn, Lee |
Talk _ |
LISA and Multi-Messenger Astronomy |
Abstract _ |
LISA will observe the gravitational wave emission from the merger of supermassive black holes following distant galactic mergers, the capture of compact stars about intermediate and supermassive black holes, and millions of galactic white dwarf binary systems. While taken alone these observations will provide a wealth of information not otherwise available, the greater prize is the synergy that will come when they are combined with electromagnetic observations of the same phenomena, leading to an observational understanding of the cosmos far greater than the simple sum of the the observational parts. Here we discuss LISA gravitational wave observations in the context of this broader astronomical mission of discovery, embracing everything from accretion in stellar binaries to the formation of large scale structure in the universe. |