On the rate of black hole binary mergers in galactic nuclei due to dynamical hardening

We assess the contribution of dynamical hardening by direct three-body scattering interactions to the rate of stellar-mass black hole binary (BHB) mergers in galactic nuclei. We derive an analytic model for the single-binary encounter rate in a nucleus with spherical and disc components hosting a su...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Leigh, NWC, Geller, AM, McKernan, B, Ford, KES, Mac Low, M-M, Bellovary, J, Haiman, Z, Lyra, W, Samsing, J, O'Dowd, M, Kocsis, B, Endlich, S
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: Oxford University Press 2017