Astrometric Jitter as a Detection Diagnostic for Recoiling and Slingshot Supermassive Black Hole Candidates

Astrometric Jitter as a Detection Diagnostic for Recoiling and Slingshot Supermassive Black Hole Candidates

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can be ejected from their galactic centers due to gravitational wave recoil or the slingshot mechanism following a galaxy merger. If an ejected SMBH retains its inner accretion disk, it may be visible as an off-nuclear active galactic nucleus (AGN). At present, only...

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Main Authors: Anavi Uppal, Charlotte Ward, Suvi Gezari, Priyamvada Natarajan, Nianyi Chen, Patrick LaChance, Tiziana Di Matteo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Active galactic nuclei
Supermassive black holes
Sky surveys
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7ff0

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7ff0

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