Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A Review
In this review a summary is given on recent theoretical work, on understanding accreting supermassive black hole binaries in the gravitational wave (GW)-driven regime. A particular focus is given to theoretical predictions of properties of disks and jets in these systems during the gravitational wav...
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| description | In this review a summary is given on recent theoretical work, on understanding accreting supermassive black hole binaries in the gravitational wave (GW)-driven regime. A particular focus is given to theoretical predictions of properties of disks and jets in these systems during the gravitational wave driven phase. Since a previous review by Schnittman 2013, which focussed on Newtonian aspects of the problem, various relativistic aspects have been studied. In this review we provide an update on these relativistic aspects. Further, a perspective is given on recent observational developments that have seen a surge in the number of proposed supermassive black hole binary candidates. The prospect of bringing theoretical and observational efforts closer together makes this an exciting field of research for years to come. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ab4ef1e50354ff097686aa14e2e762c2022-12-22T01:32:12ZengMDPI AGGalaxies2075-44342019-05-01726310.3390/galaxies7020063galaxies7020063Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A ReviewRoman Gold0Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyIn this review a summary is given on recent theoretical work, on understanding accreting supermassive black hole binaries in the gravitational wave (GW)-driven regime. A particular focus is given to theoretical predictions of properties of disks and jets in these systems during the gravitational wave driven phase. Since a previous review by Schnittman 2013, which focussed on Newtonian aspects of the problem, various relativistic aspects have been studied. In this review we provide an update on these relativistic aspects. Further, a perspective is given on recent observational developments that have seen a surge in the number of proposed supermassive black hole binary candidates. The prospect of bringing theoretical and observational efforts closer together makes this an exciting field of research for years to come.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/7/2/63GRMHDnumerical relativityrelativistic astrophysicsjetshigh energy astrophysics |
| spellingShingle | Roman Gold Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A Review Galaxies GRMHD numerical relativity relativistic astrophysics jets high energy astrophysics |
| title | Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A Review |
| title_full | Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A Review |
| title_short | Relativistic Aspects of Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Their Natural Habitat: A Review |
| title_sort | relativistic aspects of accreting supermassive black hole binaries in their natural habitat a review |
| topic | GRMHD numerical relativity relativistic astrophysics jets high energy astrophysics |
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