Inferring the Intermediate Mass Black Hole Number Density from Gravitational Wave Lensing Statistics
Joseph Gais,
Ken Ng,
Eungwang Seo
et al.
Abstract:The population properties of intermediate mass black holes remain largely unknown, and understanding their distribution could provide a missing link in the formation of supermassive black holes and galaxies. Gravitational wave observations can help fill in the gap from stellar mass black holes to supermassive black holes. In our work, we propose a new method for probing lens populations through lensing statistics of gravitational waves, here focusing on inferring the number density of intermediate mass black h… Show more
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