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Observatory News (2025)

7 February 2025|Sternwarte

New Galactic Binaries to Enable LISA Hunt for Black Holes

Gravitational wave strain vs. frequency for detectable & verification Galactic binaries. Filled/open stars denote verification/detectable binaries for LISA (image at bottom left). Grey points are mock binaries; solid black line is LISA sensitivity at

Photo: Kupfer et al. (2024) and LISA/ESA

Compact binary systems containing a white dwarf or neutron star emit low frequency gravitational waves. Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe...
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