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We analyze triple systems composed of the super massive black hole (SMBH) near the center of M87 and a pair of black holes (BHs) with masses in the range $10-10^3$ $M_{\odot}$. We consider the post Newtonian precession as well as the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-23 Razieh Emami , Abraham Loeb

Multiband observations of coalescing stellar-mass black holes binaries could deliver valuable information on the formation of those sources and potential deviations from General Relativity. Some of these binaries might be first detected by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-30 Alexandre Toubiana , Stanislav Babak , Sylvain Marsat , Sergei Ossokine

We study the evolution and gravitational wave emission of white dwarf -- black hole accreting binaries with a semi-analytical model. These systems will evolve across the mHz gravitational wave frequency band and potentially be detected by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-15 Laura Sberna , Alexandre Toubiana , M. Coleman Miller

Massive black-hole (MBH) binaries, which are expected to form following the merger of their parent galaxies, produce gravitational waves which will be detectable by Pulsar Timing Arrays at nanohertz frequencies (year periods). While no…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-13 Luke Zoltan Kelley , Zoltán Haiman , Alberto Sesana , Lars Hernquist

Binary black holes (BBH) are expected to form and merge in active galactic nuclei (AGN), deep in the potential well of a supermassive black hole (SMBH), from populations that exist in a nuclear star cluster (NSC). Here we investigate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-19 Jake Postiglione , K. E. Saavik Ford , Henry Best , Barry McKernan , Matthew O'Dowd

Future space-based gravitational wave (GW) observatories such as LISA will detect massive black hole binaries (MBHBs), which are expected to be accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts, thereby providing bright standard sirens for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-06 Jia-Hao Zhong , Jin-Zhao Yang , Tao Yang , Xu-Heng Ding , Xi-Long Fan , Kai Liao , Bei You

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaborations have reported gravitational wave signals from more than 150 binary black holes in the fourth catalog (GWTC-4). Here, we investigate the population properties of these binary black holes using the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-31 Vaibhav Tiwari

The subsolar mass primordial black hole (PBH) attracts attention as robust evidence of its primordial origin against the astrophysical black hole. Not only with themselves, PBHs can also form binaries with ordinary astrophysical objects,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-03 Takahiro S. Yamamoto , Ryoto Inui , Yuichiro Tada , Shuichiro Yokoyama

We explore the eccentricity measurement threshold of LISA for gravitational waves radiated by massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) with redshifted BH masses $M_z$ in the range $10^{4.5}$-$10^{7.5}~{\rm M}_\odot$ at redshift $z=1$. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-16 Mudit Garg , Shubhanshu Tiwari , Andrea Derdzinski , John G. Baker , Sylvain Marsat , Lucio Mayer

The Galaxy is suspected to contain hundreds of millions of binary white dwarf systems, a large fraction of which will have sufficiently small orbital period to emit gravitational radiation in band for space-based gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 Tyson B. Littenberg

Intermediate mass ratio inspirals (IMRIs) of binary black holes with mass ratios $10^{-4}\lesssim q \lesssim 0.1$ are astrophysically interesting sources of gravitational waves. Mergers of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) with…

We perform a systematic study to explore the accuracy with which the parameters of intermediate-mass black-hole binary systems can be measured from their gravitational wave (GW) signatures using second-generation GW detectors. We make use…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-17 John Veitch , Michael Pürrer , Ilya Mandel

We outline the eccentricity evolution of sub-parsec massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) forming in galaxy mergers. In both stellar and gaseous environments, MBHBs are expected to grow large orbital eccentricities before they enter the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Constanze Roedig , Alberto Sesana

The population of stellar origin black hole binaries (SOBHBs) detected by existing ground-based gravitational wave detectors is an exciting target for the future space-based Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). LISA is sensitive to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-09 Matthew C. Digman , Neil J. Cornish

The gravitational wave (GW) antenna LISA will detect the signal from coalescing massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) of $\rm 10^4\,{-}\,10^7\, M_{\odot}$, providing clues on their formation and growth along cosmic history. Some of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-20 David Izquierdo-Villalba , Monica Colpi , Marta Volonteri , Daniele Spinoso , Silvia Bonoli , Alberto Sesana

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration has detected over 150 confirmed gravitational wave events through O4a. Binary black hole (BBH) systems represent the overwhelming majority of these observations. We construct a model for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-20 Tyler B. Smith , Manoj Kaplinghat

We discuss the capability of a third-generation ground-based detector such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) to enhance our astrophysical knowledge through detections of gravitational waves emitted by binaries including intermediate-mass and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Jonathan R. Gair , Ilya Mandel , M. Coleman Miller , Marta Volonteri

The next generation ground-based gravitational wave interferometers will possibly observe mergers of binary black holes (BBHs) and binary neutron stars (BNSs) to redshift $z\gtrsim{}10$ and $z\gtrsim{}2$, respectively. Here, we characterize…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-08 Michela Mapelli , Nicola Giacobbo , Filippo Santoliquido , M. Celeste Artale

We estimate the population of eccentric gravitational wave (GW) binary black hole (BBH) mergers forming during binary-single interactions in globular clusters (GCs), using ~ 800 GC models that were evolved using the MOCCA code for star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-28 Johan Samsing , Abbas Askar , Mirek Giersz

LISA will extend the search for gravitational waves (GWs) at $0.1\,{-}\,100$ mHz where loud signals from coalescing binary black holes of $ 10^4 \,{-}\,10^7\,\rm M_{\odot}$ are expected. Depending on their mass and luminosity distance, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-18 Gaia Lops , David Izquierdo-Villalba , Monica Colpi , Silvia Bonoli , Alberto Sesana , Alberto Mangiagli
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