Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

Intermediate-mass black holes

JE Greene, J Strader, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
We describe ongoing searches for intermediate-mass black holes with M BH≈ 10–105 M⊙.
We review a range of search mechanisms, both dynamical and those that rely on accretion …

Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

L Barack, V Cardoso, S Nissanke… - … and quantum gravity, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
AIM, UMR 7158, CEA/DRF, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Irfu/Service d'Astrophysique,
Centre de Saclay, FR-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Nuclear star clusters

N Neumayer, A Seth, T Böker - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2020‏ - Springer
We review the current knowledge about nuclear star clusters (NSCs), the spectacularly
dense and massive assemblies of stars found at the centers of most galaxies. Recent …

Hierarchical black hole mergers in young, globular and nuclear star clusters: the effect of metallicity, spin and cluster properties

M Mapelli, M Dall'Amico, Y Bouffanais… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
We explore hierarchical black hole (BH) mergers in nuclear star clusters (NSCs), globular
clusters (GCs) and young star clusters (YSCs), accounting for both original and dynamically …

The Galactic Center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

R Genzel, F Eisenhauer, S Gillessen - Reviews of modern physics, 2010‏ - APS
The Galactic Center is an excellent laboratory for studying phenomena and physical
processes that may be occurring in many other galactic nuclei. The center of our Milky Way …

Coevolution (or not) of supermassive black holes and host galaxies

J Kormendy, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 85 galaxies by dynamical modeling of
spatially resolved kinematics. The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized BH research by …

Formation channels of single and binary stellar-mass black holes

M Mapelli - Handbook of gravitational wave astronomy, 2022‏ - Springer
These are exciting times for binary black holes (BBHs). LIGO and Virgo detections are
progressively drawing a spectacular fresco of BBH masses, spins, and merger rates. In this …

Detection of astrophysical gravitational wave sources by TianQin and LISA

A Torres-Orjuela, SJ Huang, ZC Liang, S Liu… - Science China Physics …, 2024‏ - Springer
TianQin and LISA are space-based laser interferometer gravitational wave (GW) detectors
planned to be launched in the mid-2030s. Both detectors will detect low-frequency GWs …

An expanded Mbh–σ diagram, and a new calibration of active galactic nuclei masses

AW Graham, CA Onken… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
We present an updated and improved M bh–σ diagram containing 64 galaxies for which M
bh measurements (not just upper limits) are available. Because of new and increased black …