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We describe early success in the evolution of binary black hole spacetimes with a numerical code based on a generalization of harmonic coordinates. Indications are that with sufficient resolution this scheme is capable of evolving binary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Frans Pretorius

The evolution of the supermassive Black Hole (BH) population across cosmic times remains a central unresolved issue in modern astrophysics, due to the many noticeable uncertainties in the involved physical processes that span a huge range…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-05 Andrea Lapi , Francesco Shankar , Michele Bosi , Daniel Roberts , Hao Fu , Karthik M. Varadarajan , Lumen Boco

As a first step towards understanding the angular momentum evolution history of black holes in merging black-hole/neutron-star binaries, we perform population synthesis calculations to track the distribution of accretion histories of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 R. O'Shaughnessy , J. Kaplan , V. Kalogera , K. Belczynski

Accreting black holes (BHs) produce intense radiation and powerful relativistic jets, which are affected by the BH's spin magnitude and direction. While thin disks might align with the BH spin axis via the Bardeen-Petterson effect, this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-19 Jonathan C. McKinney , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Roger D. Blandford

The gravitational wave signature of a binary black hole (BBH) merger is dependent on its component mass and spin. If such black holes originate from rapidly rotating progenitors, the large angular momentum reserve in the star could drive a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-26 Sohan Ghodla , J. J. Eldridge

We present general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of merging equal-mass, spinning black holes embedded in an equatorial thin slab of magnetized gas. We evolve black holes either non-spinning, with spins aligned to the orbital…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-31 Giacomo Fedrigo , Federico Cattorini , Bruno Giacomazzo , Monica Colpi

In this paper, we study the formation and dynamical evolution of black hole-black hole (BH-BH) binaries in young star clusters (YSCs), by means of N-body simulations. The simulations include metallicity-dependent recipes for stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Brunetto Marco Ziosi , Michela Mapelli , Marica Branchesi , Giuseppe Tormen

The rotational properties of astrophysical black holes are fundamental quantities that characterization the black holes. A new method to empirically determine the spin mass-energy characteristics of astrophysical black holes is presented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Ruth A. Daly

The astrophysical origin of gravitational wave (GW) events is one of the most timely problems in the wake of the LIGO/Virgo discoveries. In active galactic nuclei (AGN), binaries form and evolve efficiently by dynamical interactions and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-19 Hiromichi Tagawa , Zoltan Haiman , Imre Bartos , Bence Kocsis

The spins of binary black holes (BBHs) measured from gravitational waves carry notable information of the formation pathways. Here we propose a quantity "dimensionless net spin" ($\chi_{\rm N}$), which is related to the sum of angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-06 Wei-Hua Guo , Yin-Jie Li , Yuan-Zhu Wang , Yong Shao , Shichao Wu , Tao Zhu , Yi-Zhong Fan

The spins of black holes in merging binaries can reveal information related to the formation and evolution of these systems through their gravitational wave emission. Combining events to infer the astrophysical distribution of black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Jacob Golomb , Colm Talbot

In this work we present 3D numerical relativity simulations of thick accretion disks around tilted Kerr BH. We investigate the evolution of three different initial disk models with a range of initial black hole spin magnitudes and tilt…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-20 Vassilios Mewes , José A. Font , Filippo Galeazzi , Pedro J. Montero , Nikolaos Stergioulas

In this paper, we explore the mechanisms that regulate the formation and evolution of stellar black hole binaries (BHBs) around supermassive black holes (SMBHs). We show that dynamical interactions can efficiently drive "in-situ" BHB…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-17 Manuel Arca Sedda

The evolution of the primordial low mass black hole (PBH) in hot universe is considered. Increase of mass and decrease of PBH spin due to the accretion of radiation dominated matter are estimated with using of results of numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , O. Yu. Tsupko

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

Black hole (BH) mergers driven by gravitational perturbations of external companions constitute an important class of formation channels for merging BH binaries detected by LIGO. We have studied the orbital and spin evolution of binary BHs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-14 Bin Liu , Dong Lai

We explore the impact of the central black hole (BH) spin on the large-scale properties of the host galaxy, by considering radiative feedback. The BH spin determines the radiation pattern from the accretion disc, which directly imprints on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-17 W. Ishibashi , A. C. Fabian , C. S. Reynolds

We model for the first time the complete orbital evolution of a pair of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) in a 1:10 galaxy merger of two disk dominated gas-rich galaxies, from the stage prior to the formation of the binary up to the onset of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Fazeel Mahmood Khan , Ingo Berentzen , Peter Berczik , Andreas Just , Lucio Mayer , Keigo Nitadori , Simone Callegari

Massive black holes (BHs) inhabit local galaxies, including the Milky Way and some dwarf galaxies. BH formation, occurring at early cosmic times, must account for the properties of BHs in today's galaxies, notably why some galaxies host a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-28 Melanie Habouzit , Marta Volonteri , Yohan Dubois

The energy and momentum deposited by the radiation from accretion onto the supermassive black holes (BHs) that reside at the centres of virtually all galaxies can halt or even reverse gas inflow, providing a natural mechanism for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 C. M. Booth , Joop Schaye