Thanks to the researchers of gravitational waves, a system was created for tracking by experts in the field of astronomy the origin of known and little-known black holes in the Universe.
As you know, supernova explosions and stellar collapses provoke the appearance of black holes. The unit of measurement for a black hole is the solar mass. Typically, black holes are forty-five times the size of the sun. After a joint merger of the systems, gravitational waves are detected by the modern Virgo and LIGO detectors. Due to instabilities formed by stellar collapse, too heavy black holes cease to form.
For this reason, a new model is required that will explain the existence of binary systems of similar objects, which then merge with other objects. The mass of such objects is five tens of times greater than the sun. It is expected that such “new generation black holes” will be visible at the Virgo and LIGO observatories.
The world-famous Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy of the University of Birmingham put forward an interesting hypothesis that if in the future to track several mergers of black holes at once, you can further find out information about the place of their appearance.
Thanks to the detailed calculations of researchers, astronomers will be able to identify the origin of black holes, to delve into the mechanisms of their fusion.
According to research results, the cluster, which was closely monitored by scientists, where black holes appeared, was moving at a speed of more than 50 kilometers per second.
Astronomers do not have the opportunity to indicate exactly where the majority of black holes appear on the vast map of the starry sky, but with the help of a new study you can find out about the places where black holes most likely appear. Otherwise, such spaces are referred to as "black hole nurseries." To confirm the theoretical part of the research, scientists are looking forward to the results of the fruitful work of modern tools Virgo and LIGO.
The authors of the latest research themselves are firmly convinced that it is thanks to the constant and careful observation of gravitational waves that we can learn more data about the initial conditions for the formation and nucleation and development of black holes.