Liberal Arts and Sciences
Blecha Lab
Led by Laura Blecha · Physics
What we study
The lab studies supermassive black holes and galaxies, focusing on their formation, fueling, and feedback. They also explore gravitational waves and multi-messenger signatures of binary black holes.
What working here is like
- Reading, writing & theory
- No organisms (data only)
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Supermassive Black Hole Assembly from Heavy Seeds with Dynamical Friction in the BRAHMA Simulations: Implications for JWST, LISA, and the Local Universe
2026 · The Astrophysical Journal
Tests how different models of supermassive black hole formation affect their populations at early and late times.
- Pulsar Timing Array Sensitivity to Anisotropy: Empirical Sensitivity Curves, Scaling Relations, and the Multi-resolution Pixel Basis
2026 · The Astrophysical Journal
Studies how well pulsar arrays can detect patterns in gravitational waves.
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- First Results of AMBRA: Abundant Seeds and Early Mergers as a Pathway to the First Massive Black Holes
2026 · The Astrophysical Journal
Simulates how early black holes might have formed in the universe.
- Core Scouring Dynamics and Gravitational Wave Consequences: Constraints on Supermassive Black Hole Binary Hardening
2026 · The Astrophysical Journal
Compares computer models to real galaxies to learn how black hole pairs grow closer.
- From ASTRID to BRAHMA – The role of overmassive black holes in little red dots in cosmological simulations
2026 · The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Uses computer models to see if hidden black holes can explain small red dots in space.
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