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SUMMARY:Variability as a new discovery channel for intermediate-mass black
  holes in the time-domain era
DTSTART:20260420T110000Z
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UID:indico-event-16@events.gw.iucaa.in
DESCRIPTION:ArXiv Link:  https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.13311\n \nBetween th
 e groundbreaking detections of stellar-mass black holes by LIGO/Virgo/KAGR
 A and the James Webb Space Telescope’s revelation of a surprisingly abun
 dant population of supermassive black holes\, one crucial missing link rem
 ains: the elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). IMBHs represent a
  key phase in the hierarchical growth of black holes\, yet they have persi
 stently evaded detection. Traditional methods\, effective for both activel
 y accreting and quiescent black holes\, have largely failed to uncover thi
 s hidden population. Here\, we argue that novel observational strategies
 —particularly time-domain variability studies of active galactic nuclei 
 and tidal disruption events—provide a promising path forward. Finding IM
 BHs will resolve critical gaps in our understanding of black hole formatio
 n and the various mechanisms driving their subsequent growth. The upcoming
  Vera C. Rubin Observatory\, with its unprecedented capacity to monitor th
 e dynamic sky\, stands to revolutionize our ability to detect these long-s
 ought IMBHs\, shedding new light on the assembly history of black holes ac
 ross cosmic time.\n\nhttps://events.gw.iucaa.in/event/16/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall/Bhaskara-1 (IUCAA\, Pune\, India)
URL:https://events.gw.iucaa.in/event/16/
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