Multiband gravitational wave observations of eccentric escaping binary black holes from globular clusters
Abstract
Stellar-mass binary black holes (sBBHs) formed in globular clusters (GCs) are promising sources for multiband gravitational wave (GW) observations, particularly with low- and middle-frequency detectors. These sBBHs can retain detectable eccentricities when they enter the sensitivity bands of low-frequency GW observatories. We study multiband GW observations of eccentric sBBHs that escape from GC models simulated with the MOCCA code, focusing on how low- and middle-frequency detectors can constrain their eccentricities and other parameters. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we generate ten realizations of cosmic sBBHs by combining the MOCCA sample with a cosmological model for GC formation and evolution. We then assess their detectability and the precision of parameter estimation. Our results show that LISA, Taiji, the LISA-Taiji network (LT), and AMIGO could detect , , , and escaping sBBHs, respectively, over four years, while LT-AMIGO could detect multiband sBBHs in the same period. LT and AMIGO can measure initial eccentricities with relative errors of approximately and , respectively. Joint LT-AMIGO observations have a similar ability to estimate eccentricities as LT alone.
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@article{arxiv.2512.13151,
title = {Multiband gravitational wave observations of eccentric escaping binary black holes from globular clusters},
author = {Yuetong Zhao and Abbas Askar and Youjun Lu and Zhoujian Cao and Mirek Giersz and Grzegorz Wiktorowicz and Arkadiusz Hypki and Lucas Hellstrom and Sohaib Ali and Wei-Tou Ni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.13151},
year = {2025}
}
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19 pages, 3 tables, and 10 figures, submitted to Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)