Where Are All the Intermediate Mass Black Holes? Microlensing Fast Radio Bursts Might Reveal Them

This artist's illustration represents a Fast Radio Burst from a distant galaxy. Astrophysicists aren't sure where these bursts come from, but they can still make use of them. Through gravitational microlensing, they could help find elusive Intermediate Mass Black Holes. Image Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

In the heirarchy of black holes, intermediate mass black holes (IMBH) lie in between stellar mass black holes and supermassive black holes. But the problem is that we’ve never found one. There have been hints, but nothing conclusive. Could gravitational microlensing of Fast Radio Bursts help find them?

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