Objetivo The first direct detection of gravitational waves demonstrated that double black hole (BH) binaries exist, and can host surprisingly massive objects (> 20 solar masses). Most theoretical models do not predict the existence of such massive BHs, and the formation channels of BH binaries are essentially unconstrained. Dynamically formed BH binaries are the most elusive ones: current models either neglect them or study them in idealized systems. With DEMOBLACK, I will draw the first satisfactory picture of BH binary demography, by modeling realistic BH dynamics in a well-motivated cosmological context. I propose a novel approach for the study of BH dynamics: I will simulate the formation of BH binaries in star clusters self-consistently, starting from the hydrodynamics of the parent molecular cloud and accounting for the impact of stellar evolution, feedback, and dynamics on BH binaries. The key tool of DEMOBLACK is SEVN, my new population-synthesis code. With SEVN, I predicted the formation of massive BHs from metal-poor stars, before the first direct detection of gravitational waves. I will interface SEVN with a hydrodynamical code and with an N-body code, to study the formation of BH binaries self-consistently. I will then model the history of BH binaries across cosmic time, accounting for the evolution of metallicity. This novel approach is decisive to break degeneracies between dynamically formed and primordial BH binaries, and to make predictions for future observations by ground-based and space-borne gravitational wave interferometers. Ámbito científico humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorynatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyobservational astronomygravitational wavessocial sciencessociologydemographynatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyastrophysicsblack holesnatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomystellar astronomy Palabras clave stellar dynamics star clusters black hole binaries population-synthesis codes N-body codes stellar-mass black holes and intermediate-mass black holes gravitational wave sources Programa(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Tema(s) ERC-2017-COG - ERC Consolidator Grant Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2017-COG Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Institución de acogida RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG Aportación neta de la UEn € 188 405,70 Dirección SEMINARSTRASSE 2 69117 Heidelberg Alemania Ver en el mapa Región Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 188 405,70 Beneficiarios (2) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación neta de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG Alemania Aportación neta de la UEn € 188 405,70 Dirección SEMINARSTRASSE 2 69117 Heidelberg Ver en el mapa Región Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 188 405,70 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Italia Aportación neta de la UEn € 1 806 358,30 Dirección VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 35122 Padova Ver en el mapa Región Nord-Est Veneto Padova Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 1 806 358,30
