Merger rates of intermediate-mass black hole binaries in nuclear star clusters
<p>Repeated mergers of stellar-mass black holes in dense star clusters can produce intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). In particular, nuclear star clusters at the centers of galaxies have deep enough potential wells to retain most of the black hole (BH) merger products, in spite of the sign...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Astronomical Society
2022
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