Characterizing the Galactic Black Hole population with Roman Astrometry
February 19th, 2026

Speaker: Casey Lam

Affiliation: Carnegie Science

Roman's Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey (GBTDS) will be an astrometry machine. The GBTDS will produce precise astrometry at an unprecedented temporal sampling for a large number of sources that both rivals and complements Gaia. I will discuss how GBTDS astrometry can be used to search for and characterize the Galaxy's population of non-interacting black holes via gravitational microlensing and reflex motion.

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