Gravitational waves from scattering of stellar-mass black holes in galactic nuclei

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Authors

Ryan M. O’Leary · Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Bence Kocsis · Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Abraham Loeb · Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Abstract

The coalescence of stellar mass black hole-black hole (BH-BH) binaries is one of the most anticipated sources of gravitational waves for ground-based interferometers

Topics & Keywords

Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volume 395, Issue 4, pp. 2127-2146

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14653.x

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