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We present a general method to analyze reverberation mapping data that provides both estimates for the black hole mass and for the geometry and dynamics of the broad line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Our method directly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Anna Pancoast , Brendon J. Brewer , Tommaso Treu

The mergers of massive black hole binaries could generate rich electromagnetic emissions, which allow us to probe the environments surrounding these massive black holes and gain deeper insights into the high energy astrophysics. However,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-25 Yuxiang Xu , He Wang , Minghui Du , Bo Liang , Peng Xu

The detection and subsequent inference of binary black hole signals rely heavily on the accuracy of the waveform model employed. In the highly non-linear, dynamic, and strong-field regime near merger, these waveforms can only be accurately…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-02 Alireza Rashti , Rossella Gamba , Koustav Chandra , David Radice , Boris Daszuta , William Cook , Sebastiano Bernuzzi

Black hole mass is a key factor in determining how a black hole interacts with its environment. However, the determination of black hole masses at high redshifts depends on secondary mass estimators, which are based on empirical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Suk Yee Yong , Rachel L. Webster , Anthea L. King

Recently, two gravitational wave (GW) signals, named as GW150914 and GW151226, have been detected by the two LIGO detectors. Although both signals were identified as originating from merging black hole (BH) binaries, GWs from systems…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-28 Hee-Suk Cho

Nuclear masses are machine-learned as a function of proton and neutron numbers. The neural network with additive Gaussian process regression-optimized activation functions (GPR-NN) method is employed for the first time for this purpose.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-11 H. X. Liu , S. Manzhos , X. H. Wu

Gravitational-wave (GW) measurements of physical effects such as spin-induced quadrupole moments can distinguish binaries consisting of black holes from non-black hole binaries. While these effects may be poorly constrained for single-event…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-08 Muhammed Saleem , N. V. Krishnendu , Abhirup Ghosh , Anuradha Gupta , W. Del Pozzo , Archisman Ghosh , K. G. Arun

We present new techniqes for evolving binary black hole systems which allow the accurate determination of gravitational waveforms directly from the wave zone region of the numerical simulations. Rather than excising the black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 John G. Baker , Joan Centrella , Dae-Il Choi , Michael Koppitz , James van Meter

This study reports grain boundary (GB) energy calculations for 46 symmetric-tilt GBs in alpha-iron using molecular mechanics based on an artificial neural network (ANN) potential and compares the results with calculations based on the…

The inspiral, merger, and ringdown of Massive Black Hole Binaries (MBHBs) is one the main sources of Gravitational Waves (GWs) for the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), an ESA-led mission in the implementation phase. It is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-25 Iván Martín Vílchez , Carlos F. Sopuerta

Supermassive black hole binaries are promising sources of low-frequency gravitational waves (GWs) and bright electromagnetic emission. Pulsar timing array searches for resolved binaries are complex and computationally expensive and so far…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-11 Maria Charisi , Stephen R. Taylor , Caitlin A. Witt , Jessie Runnoe

The computational cost of searching for gravitational wave (GW) signals in low latency has always been a matter of concern. We present a self-supervised learning model applicable to the GW detection. Based on simulated massive black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-08 Hao-Yang Liu , Yu-Tong Wang

The vast majority of compact binary mergers in the Universe produce gravitational waves that are too weak to yield unambiguous detections; they are unresolved. We present a method to infer the population properties of compact binaries --…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-17 Rory Smith , Colm Talbot , Francisco Hernandez Vivanco , Eric Thrane

A generic, non-eccentric binary black hole (BBH) system emits gravitational waves (GWs) that are completely described by 7 intrinsic parameters: the black hole spin vectors and the ratio of their masses. Simulating a BBH coalescence by…

This study evaluates the efficacy of two machine learning (ML) techniques, namely artificial neural networks (ANN) and gene expression programming (GEP) that use data-driven modeling to predict wall pressure spectra (WPS) underneath…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-02-27 Nachiketa Narayan Kurhade , Nagabhushana Rao Vadlamani , Akash Haridas

We present a refined estimation of the stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) based on observed dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs) together with AGN X-ray luminosity functions, in light of recent Pulsar Timing Array detections of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 Katsunori Kusakabe , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Daisuke Toyouchi

We demonstrate Bayesian analyses of the complete gravitational-wave spectrum of binary neutron star mergers events with the next-generation detector Einstein Telescope. Our mock analyses are performed for 20 different signals using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Giulia Huez , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Matteo Breschi , Rossella Gamba

We perform fully non-linear numerical simulations of charged-black-hole collisions, described by the Einstein-Maxwell equations, and contrast the results against analytic expectations. We focus on head-on collisions of non-spinning black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-07-06 Miguel Zilhão , Vitor Cardoso , Carlos Herdeiro , Luis Lehner , Ulrich Sperhake

Gravitational-wave observations of compact binaries have the potential to uncover the distribution of masses and angular momenta of black holes and neutron stars in the universe. The binary components' physical parameters can be inferred…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Mark Hannam , Duncan A. Brown , Stephen Fairhurst , Chris L. Fryer , Ian W. Harry

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are promising environments for the assembly of merging binary black hole (BBH) systems. Interest in AGNs as nurseries for merging BBH is rising following the detection of gravitational waves from a BBH system…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-06 Avi Vajpeyi , Eric Thrane , Rory Smith , Barry McKernan , K. E. Saavik Ford