Giacomo Fragione (Astronomy) - Northwestern University (CIERA)

Title: Intermediate-mass black holes: love it or list it 

Abstract: Very little is known about the formation, evolution and demographics of the intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) family. The classical approach to prove the presence of IMBHs has been to use optical and infrared data to look for the dynamical signatures of IMBHs on stars' orbits. However, this technique is limited to nearby systems due to the small angular size...