Radio evidence for binary super massive black holes
Abstract
I present examples of radio AGN with binary nuclei which provide the direct radio evidence for binary Super Massive Black Holes (SMBH) driving the AGN activity. There is also other evidence for distorted radio morphology and periodic variability which may indicate the presence of a second (inactive) SMBH. Finally I enumerate a number of possible radio tracers for the binary SMBH merger events.
- Publication:
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Star Clusters and Black Holes in Galaxies across Cosmic Time
- Pub Date:
- February 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUS..312...26E
- Keywords:
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- Super Massive Black Holes (SMBH);
- binary;
- AGN