Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) constitute an elusive class of compact objects populating the 10^2-10^4 solar mass range. Aside from the revolutionising discovery of an IMBH weighing 150 solar mass via emission of gravitational waves (GWs) by two stellar-size BHs conducted by the LIGO-Virgo Kagra collaboration, and the observations of a few IMBH candidates with masses > 50,000 solar...
In this session, the GW network simulation tool GWFish, and the seismic simulation tool SPECFEM3D will be presented.
Compact binary systems composed of white dwarfs (WDs), neutron stars (NSs) and black holes populating our local Universe are ideal targets for space-based GW missions. About a million years prior to the merger, they enter the mHz frequency band, where missions like LISA are expected to operate in the 2030s. Lunar-based projects like LGWA have the potential to further extend the science case of...
There is overwhelming evidence for the gravitational interactions of Dark Matter (DM), from cosmological observations to the structures of galaxies. Though the nature of DM is still unknown, the direct observation of gravitational waves (GWs) has opened up new avenues to search for and perhaps identify Dark Matter. For example, dense 'spikes' of wave-like or particle Dark Matter may form...
