Cluster SandboxGlobular Cluster Sandbox

Dynamically formed binary black holes as unperturbed standard sirens for LISA

Initialising the cluster

The premise|Binary black holes formed dynamically inside a globular cluster are ejected into the halo, far from the local Galactic potential that perturbs every other timing clock. What survives is an unperturbed standard siren for LISA. Paired with an electromagnetic counterpart, each one becomes a multi-messenger probe of dark matter.

3,240 MOCCA runs · 662,772 clusters · 17.88M inspiralling BBHs · 17 LISA standard sirens