ERC Advanced Grant · 2024
Intermediate-mass black holes in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy
Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), with masses ranging from 10^2 to 10^5 solar masses, are crucial for understanding the growth of supermassive black holes across cosmic ages, but their formation mechanisms remain an open question, despite being in the spotlight for several years. The recent detection of gravitational-wave (GW) events in the IMBH regime demonstrates the potential of GW astronomy to discover IMBHs, and underscores the need for new models to interpret this emerging population. IMblack aims to develop the theoretical framework to probe IMBH formation by exploiting both electromagnetic and GW data. My models will address i) whether, when, and where very massive stars…
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