High eccentricities and high masses characterize gravitational-wave captures in galactic nuclei as seen by Earth-based detectors
The emission of gravitational waves (GWs) during single-single close encounters in galactic nuclei (GNs) leads to the formation and rapid merger of highly eccentric stellar-mass black hole (BH) binaries. The distinct distribution of physical parameters makes it possible to statistically distinguish...
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Oxford University Press
2021
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