Deep Surveys of Massive Black Holes with LISA
Alberto Vecchio (Albert Einstein Institut)
TL;DR
This paper discusses how LISA can detect gravitational waves from massive black hole binaries, highlighting its significance for astronomy and cosmology, reviewing current understanding, and identifying open research challenges.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive review of LISA's potential for observing massive black hole mergers and outlines key open problems in the field.
Findings
LISA can detect gravitational waves from distant massive black hole binaries.
Detection will provide valuable data for understanding black hole evolution.
Open problems include modeling waveforms and understanding source populations.
Abstract
Massive black hole binary systems are among the most interesting sources for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA); gravitational radiation emitted during the last year of in-spiral could be detectable with a very large signal-to-noise ratio for sources at cosmological distance. Here we discuss the impact of LISA for astronomy and cosmology; we review our present understanding of the relevant issues, and highlight open problems that deserve further investigations.
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