ITC Colloquium 12/14 - Tamara Bogdanovic (Georgia Tech)
Date and Time
December 14, 2017
11:00AM - 12:00PM EST
Location
Pratt
"Found them yet? Observational evidence and theory behind supermassive black hole binaries"
ABSTACT: Gravitationally bound supermassive black hole binaries are thought to be a natural product of galactic mergers and growth of the large scale structure in the universe. They however remain observationally elusive, thus raising a question about characteristic observational signatures associated with these systems. In my talk I will discuss current theoretical understanding and latest advances made in observational searches for supermassive black hole binaries.