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If stellar mass black holes are merging to form IMBHs, wouldn't we expect to detect such collision events frequently? Or have we not yet collected enough gravit
by scatters 9y ago
If stellar mass black holes are merging to form IMBHs, wouldn't we expect to detect such collision events frequently? Or have we not yet collected enough gravitational wave data to put bounds on those events?
- antognini 9y agoYes, globular clusters are expected to be prime locations for BH-BH mergers and gravitational wave events. The few GW detections we now have put some bounds on the BH-BH merger rate, but as far as I know, those bounds are consistent with the rates needed for IMBH formation.