Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

The low-end of the black hole mass function at cosmic dawn

A Trinca, R Schneider, R Valiante… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the formation and growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at high
redshift represents a major challenge for theoretical models. In this work, we investigate the …

Past, Present, and Future of the Scaling Relations of Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei

M D'Onofrio, P Marziani, C Chiosi - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We review the properties of the established Scaling Relations (SRs) of galaxies and active
galactic nuclei (AGN), focusing on their origin and expected evolution back in time, providing …

Post-Newtonian evolution of massive black hole triplets in galactic nuclei–IV. Implications for LISA

M Bonetti, A Sesana, F Haardt… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Coalescing massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) of, forming in the aftermath of galaxy
mergers, are primary targets of the space mission LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space …

Reviving stochasticity: uncertainty in SMBH binary eccentricity is unavoidable

A Rawlings, M Mannerkoski… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We study supermassive black hole (SMBH) binary eccentricity of equal-mass galaxy
mergers in N-body simulations with the ketju code, which combines the gadget-4 fast …

Interactions between multiple supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei: a solution to the final parsec problem

T Ryu, R Perna, Z Haiman, JP Ostriker… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Using few-body simulations, we investigate the evolution of supermassive black holes
(SMBHs) in galaxies (M*= 1010–1012 M⊙ at z= 0) at 0< z< 4. Following galaxy merger trees …

The competing effect of gas and stars in the evolution of massive black hole binaries

E Bortolas, A Franchini, M Bonetti… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Massive black hole binaries are predicted to form during the hierarchical assembly of cosmic
structures and will represent the loudest sources of low-frequency gravitational waves (GWs) …

Enhanced Extreme Mass Ratio Inspiral Rates and Intermediate Mass Black Holes

I Qunbar, NC Stone - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) occur when stellar-mass compact objects begin a
gravitational wave (GW) driven inspiral into massive black holes. EMRI waveforms can …

Unveiling early black hole growth with multifrequency gravitational wave observations

R Valiante, M Colpi, R Schneider… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Third-generation ground-based gravitational wave interferometers, like the Einstein
Telescope (ET), Cosmic Explorer, and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), will …

Signatures of the many supermassive black hole mergers in a cosmologically forming massive early-type galaxy

M Mannerkoski, PH Johansson, A Rantala… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We model here the merger histories of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) population in
the late stages of a cosmological simulation of a∼ 2× 10 13 M⊙ galaxy group. The …