Speakers
Alberto Gálvez Ureña
(Ceico at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Pavel Kůs
(CEICO, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Description
Intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) have been theorized as an intermediate state between stellar and supermassive black holes (SMBHs), but not observations have confirmed their existence yet. We propose a method to search for them using Tidal Distruption Events (TDEs). In particular we focus on the disruption of white dwarfs (WDs) by IMBHs, as they are expected to produce both gravitational waves (GWs) and high energy neutrinos. This is particularly, interesting because WDs cannot be disrupted by a SMBH. We present an introductory study on this method and future prospects.
Primary authors
Alberto Gálvez Ureña
(Ceico at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Pavel Kůs
(CEICO, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
