Published May 21, 2003 | Version v1
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Probing distant massive black holes with LISA

Creators

  • 1. Department of Astronomy, PO Box 3818, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (United States)

Description

Idealized models are used to illustrate the potential of the laser interferometer space antenna (LISA) as a probe of the largely unknown population of cosmologically-distant massive black holes (MBHs) and as a tool to measure their masses with unprecedented accuracy. The models suggest that LISA will most efficiently probe a MBH population of lower mass than the one found in bright quasars and nearby galactic nuclei. The mass spectrum of these MBHs could constrain formation scenarios for high-redshift, low-mass galaxies

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/20/S37/q31005.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/20/S37/q31005.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/20/10/305;
PII
S0264-9381(03)55163-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. S37-S43
ISSN
0264-9381

Conference

Title
4. international LISA symposium
Dates
19-24 Jul 2002
Place
Pennsylvania, PA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34039523
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; INTERFEROMETERS; MASS SPECTRA; QUASARS; RADIO TELESCOPES; RED SHIFT
Descriptors DEC
ANTENNAS; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIO EQUIPMENT; SPECTRA; TELESCOPES