论文部分内容阅读
Within this decade the detection of gravitational waves(GWs)may be a reality,opening a completely new window on the Universe.The low frequency window will be dominated by signals emitted by a cosmological population of massive black hole binaries(MBHBs).In this talk I will review several aspect of MBH physics,including their formation,evolution,interaction with their environment and gravitational wave(GW)emission.I will pay particular attention to the prospect of GW detection with pulsar timing arrays and/or future space based interferometers.