Probing primordial black holes with gravitational waves

Abstract: Primordial black holes are hypothetical black holes that formed within the first seconds of our Universe. They may form a part or even all of dark matter. This talk will briefly review general aspects of gravitational wave astronomy and primordial black hole physics. In the second half of the talk, we will focus on gravitational waves signals associated with primordial black holes and try to answer the question of how gravitational waves can be used to probe the existence of such black holes.

astrophysicscondensed mattergeneral relativity and quantum cosmologyhigh energy physicsmathematical physicsclassical physicsgeneral physics

Audience: researchers in the topic

Theoretical physics seminar @ Tartu