Dr. Alberto Mangiagli
Standort Potsdam
Forschungsinteressen
My research focuses on massive black hole binaries, one of the primary scientific targets of LISA. Over the last few years, I have explored the electromagnetic counterparts expected from these sources and LISA's capability to reconstruct the binary parameters, particularly the sky localization, which is crucial for planning future multimessenger synergies. I am also deeply interested in cosmology, specifically in how massive black hole binaries can serve as bright sirens to constrain the expansion history of the Universe. More recently, I have investigated the potential constraints that LISA could place on the existence of extra polarizations in the gravitational-wave signal, which might provide evidence for deviations beyond general relativity.
Publications
Here's a link to my publications from INSPIRE.
Vita
I am originally from Italy, where I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Master’s degree in Astrophysics, and PhD, all at the University of Milano-Bicocca. My PhD research, supervised by Monica Colpi and Alberto Sesana, focused on the astrophysics of black hole binaries. In February 2021, I moved to the Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie in Paris, where I was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to continue my own research in Paris. In December 2024, I joined the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam as a postdoc.