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Black Hole Binary Mergers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Junichiro Makino
Junichiro Makino*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Abstract

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I overview the current understanding of the evolution of massive black hole (MBH) binaries in the center of the host stellar system. One of the main questions is whether the stellar dynamical effect can make the MBH binary hard enough that they can merge through gravitational wave radiation. So far, theories and numerical simulations suggested otherwise, since the hardening time scale becomes very long once ”loss cone” is depleted. I’ll present the result of recent simulations on this hardening time scale, and discuss its implication on the formation history of massive black holes.

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Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005, pp. 339 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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