MG13 - Talk detail |
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Participant |
Bogdanovic, Tamara | |||||||
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Institution |
School of Physics Georgia Institute of Technology - 837 State Street - GA 30332-0430 - Atlanta - USA | |||||||
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Session |
TC2 |
Accepted |
Yes |
Order |
5 |
Time |
16:30 - 16:55 | 25' |
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Talk |
Oral abstract |
Title |
Electromagnetic signatures of massive black hole mergers | |||||
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Abstract |
In anticipation of the future gravitational wave (GW) detections a lot of effort has been directed towards the study and characterization of the supermassive black hole binaries (SBHBs), which are one of the prime GW targets. However, it may be more than 10 years before a GW interferometer capable of such detections is launched and in the mean time we will continue to rely on the observations of light to study the SBHBs in the universe. In order to make progress in this direction it is essential to gain better understanding of these observationally elusive systems. Ways to achieve this are through improved observational strategies and theoretical modeling of SBHBs. I will describe recent observational and theoretical efforts both of which have complementary aims: to search for and predict the observational signatures associated with the late inspiral and merger of supermassive black holes. |
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