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SUMMARY:Merging black holes in nuclear star clusters - Fabio Antonini (Uni
 versity of Surrey)
DTSTART:20180511T103000Z
DTEND:20180511T113000Z
UID:TALK103456@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Martin Haehnelt
DESCRIPTION:Massive stellar clusters are often found at the photometric an
 d\nkinematic centers of galaxies. Such nuclear clusters are the densest\ns
 tellar systems observed in the local universe\, representing a natural\nen
 vironment where compact object binaries can dynamically form\, harden and 
 merge.  I will discuss the dynamical processes that lead to themerger of b
 lack hole binaries in nuclear clusters in connection to the\norigin of the
  gravitational wave sources detected by Advanced\nLIGO/VIRGO. I will show 
 that nuclear clusters can produce a\nsignificant population of black hole 
 binaries that merge in the local\nuniverse\, and that these binaries have 
 clear differences in the\nstatistical distributions of their properties (e
 .g.\, mass\,\neccentricity) when compared to those formed either in globul
 ar\nclusters or through isolated binary evolution.\n
LOCATION:Kavli Large Meeting Room\, Kavli Building
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