[astroseminar at Sapienza] 30/05/2018 at 16:00: Enrico Barausse

[Elia Battistelli]

IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AMALDI RESEARCH CENTER

Title: The quest for low frequency gravitational waves
Speaker:  Enrico Barausse
Institution: Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris
Date: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Aula Conversi, Marconi Building, Dept. of Physics, Sapienza 
University

Abstract:
I will review the status of the space-based Laser Interferometer 
SpaceAntenna (LISA) and its science goals. LISA will detect 
gravitationalwaves in the frequency range 10^{−4} Hz < f < 1 Hz, a 
region of the spectrumpopulated by a large variety of astrophysical 
sources. Among these, amajor role will be played by the mergers of 
massive black holes, whichLISA will detect up to very large redshift z ~ 
10 - 20. I will focus onthe physics of these sources, as well as on how 
their detection byLISA will shape our understanding of astrophysics, 
cosmology andfundamental physics.

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