Speaker
Dr
Nicola Tamanini
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (AEI))
Description
In this talk I will present the current status of cosmological forecasts for the Laser Interferometric Space Antenna (LISA). I will show that LISA will constitute a unique cosmological probe able to measure the expansion of the universe from low redshifts (z=0.01) up to very large redshifts (z=10). This is made possible by the use of different gravitational wave sources as standard sirens: stellar origin black hole binaries (low redshift), extreme mass ratio inspirals (intermediate redshift) and massive black hole binaries (high redshift). I will discuss the methodologies used to obtain cosmological constraints and present the latest cosmological forecasts based on state of the art simulated catalogues of gravitational wave sources.
Primary author
Dr
Nicola Tamanini
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (AEI))
