Simulations and analysis of the first black hole populations

We simulate various black hole populations using the GIZMO code package for cosmological N-body/Smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) problems. The objective of this analysis is to use the results of the simulations in order to compare them with the present black hole mass distribution. In doing this, we can predict the initial population of black holes, the mass distribution and the black hole merger rate, which will be a direct contribution to the future gravitational waves observatories (such as the LISA Space Mission).