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The dynamical formation of black hole binaries in globular clusters that merge due to gravitational waves occurs more frequently in higher stellar density. Meanwhile, the probability to form intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) also…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-09 Jongsuk Hong , Abbas Askar , Mirek Giersz , Arkadiusz Hypki , Suk-Jin Yoon

We present results of numerical simulations of sequences of binary-single scattering events of black holes in dense stellar environments. The simulations cover a wide range of mass ratios from equal mass objects to 1000:10:10 solar masses…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kayhan Gultekin , M. Coleman Miller , Douglas P. Hamilton

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is going to bring a revolution for the future of multi-messenger astrophysics. In order to detect the counterparts of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers at high redshift, the high-energy observations will play a…

As a candidate of dark matter, and related to many fundamental physics issues, the primordial black hole (PBH) is a crucial topic. However, so far the existence of PBHs is still not confirmed, and currently running GW detectors are still…

General Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 Hao Wen

The first discovery of the gravitational wave (GW) event, GW150914, suggests a higher merger rate of black-hole (BH) binaries. If this is true, a number of BH binaries will be observed via the second-generation GW detectors, and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-13 Toshiya Namikawa , Atsushi Nishizawa , Atsushi Taruya

The knowledge about the black hole mass function (BHMF) and its evolution would help to understand the origin of the BHs and how BH binaries formed at different stages of the history of the Universe. We demonstrate the ability of future…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-11 Xuheng Ding , Kai Liao , Marek Biesiada , Zong-Hong Zhu

Einstein Telescope (ET) is conceived to be a third generation gravitational-wave observatory. Its amplitude sensitivity would be a factor ten better than advanced LIGO and Virgo and it could also extend the low-frequency sensitivity down to…

We study the formation rate of binary black hole mergers formed through gravitational-wave emission between unbound, single black holes in globular clusters. While the formation of these binaries in very dense systems such as galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 Johan Samsing , Daniel J. D'Orazio , Kyle Kremer , Carl L. Rodriguez , Abbas Askar

It has been suggested that an intermediate-massive black hole (IMBH) with mass $10^{3-5} M_\odot$ could fall into the galactic center (GC) and form a massive black hole binary (MBHB) with the central supermassive black hole, but current…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Xian Chen , F. K. Liu

Third-generation gravitational wave (GW) observatories such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer (CE) will detect hundreds of thousands of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, reaching redshifts beyond $z\sim3$. To fully exploit…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 S. Bisero , S. D. Vergani , E. Loffredo , M. Branchesi , N. Hazra , U. Dupletsa , R. I. Anderson

Gravitational radiation arising from the inspiral and merger of binary black holes (BBH's) is a promising candidate for detection by kilometer-scale interferometric gravitational wave observatories. This paper discusses a serious obstacle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-30 Patrick R. Brady , Jolien D. E. Creighton , Kip S. Thorne

Future third-generation gravitational wave detectors like the Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer (CE) are expected to detect millions of binary black hole (BBH) mergers. Alongside these advances, upcoming radio surveys, such as the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-16 Stefano Zazzera , José Fonseca , Tessa Baker , Chris Clarkson

The direct observation of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBH) populations would not only strengthen the possible evolutionary link between stellar and supermassive black holes, but unveil the details of the pair-instability mechanism and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 Melissa Lopez , Giada Caneva , Ana Martins , Stefano Schmidt , Jonno Schoppink , Wouter van Straalen , Collin Capano , Sarah Caudill

Black holes (BHs) with masses between 100 to 100,000 times the mass of the Sun ($\rm{M}_{\odot}$) are classified as intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), potentially representing a crucial link between stellar-mass and supermassive BHs.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-29 Abbas Askar , Vivienne F. Baldassare , Mar Mezcua

In this paper, we address the question: What is the probability of stellar-mass black hole (BH) binaries co-existing in a globular cluster with an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH)? Our results suggest that the detection of one or more BH…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Nathan W. C. Leigh , Nora Luetzgendorf , Aaron M. Geller , Thomas J. Maccarone , Craig O. Heinke , Alberto Sesana

The origin of supermassive black holes (SMBH) in galaxy centers still remains uncertain. There are two possible ways of their formation - from massive ($10^5 - 10^6 M_{\odot}$) and low-mass ($100 M_{\odot}$) BH nuclei. The latter scenario…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-28 Victoria Toptun , Igor Chilingarian , Kirill Grishin , Ivan Katkov , Ivan Zolotukhin , Vladimir Goradzhanov , Mariia Demianenko , Ivan Kuzmun

Contrary to supermassive and stellar-mass black holes (SBHs), the existence of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) with masses ranging between 10^{2-5} Msun has not yet been confirmed. The main problem in the detection is that the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Symeon Konstantinidis , Pau Amaro-Seoane , Kostas D. Kokkotas

We explore the possible spectrum of binary mergers of sub-solar mass black holes formed out of dark matter particles interacting via a dark electromagnetism. We estimate the properties of these dark black holes by assuming that their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-14 Sarah Shandera , Donghui Jeong , Henry S. Grasshorn Gebhardt

Stellar mass black hole binaries have individual masses between 10-80 solar masses. These systems may emit gravitational waves at frequencies detectable at Megaparsec distances by space-based gravitational wave observatories. In a previous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Matthew Benacquista , Jesus Hinojosa , Alberto Mata , Krzysztof Belczynski

Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are accreting black holes for which their X-ray properties have been seen to be different to the case of stellar-mass black hole binaries. For most of the cases their intrinsic energy spectra are well…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-09 M. D. Caballero-Garcia , S. Fabrika , A. J. Castro-Tirado , M. Bursa , M. Dovciak , A. Castellon , V. Karas