Speaker
Johan Samsing
Description
How and where do black hole mergers form? Understanding how different astrophysical environments leave imprints in the observed gravitational wave (GW) signal is likely the key to probe the underlying formation of GW sources. Many environmental toy models have been proposed recently; however, I will show how one is linked directly 1:1 to the merger rate and merger properties with essential no uncertainty. This particular environment can therefore serve as a benchmark in future observational searches.