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Eccentric Black Hole Gravitational-wave Capture Sources in Galactic Nuclei: Distribution of Binary Parameters

Gondán, László and Kocsis, Bence and Raffai, Péter and Frei, Zsolt (2018) Eccentric Black Hole Gravitational-wave Capture Sources in Galactic Nuclei: Distribution of Binary Parameters. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 860 (1). ISSN 1538-4357

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Abstract

Mergers of binary black holes on eccentric orbits are among the targets for second-generation ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. These sources may commonly form in galactic nuclei due to gravitational-wave emission during close flyby events of single objects. We determine the distributions of initial orbital parameters for a population of these gravitational-wave sources. Our results show that the initial dimensionless pericenter distance systematically decreases with the binary component masses and the mass of the central supermassive black hole, and its distribution depends sensitively on the highest possible black hole mass in the nuclear star cluster. For a multi-mass black hole wpopulation with masses between 5 M-circle dot and 80 M-circle dot, we find that between similar to 43-69% (68-94%) of 30 M-circle dot-30 M-circle dot (10 M-circle dot)-10 M-circle dot sources have an eccentricity greater than 0 1 when the gravitational-wave signal reaches 10 Hz, but less than similar to 10% of the sources with binary component masses less than 30 M-circle dot remain eccentric at this level near the last stable orbit (LSO). The eccentricity at LSO is typically between 0.005-0.05 for the lower-mass BHs, and 0.1-0.2 for the highest-mass BHs. Thus, due to the limited low-frequency sensitivity, the six currently known quasicircular LIGO/Virgo sources could still be compatible with this originally highly eccentric source population. However, at the design sensitivity of these instruments, the measurement of the eccentricity and mass distribution of merger events may be a useful diagnostic to identify the fraction of GW sources formed in this channel.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > Q1 Science (General) / természettudomány általában
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2023 15:41
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2023 15:41
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/162315

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