May PKS 1155+251 be the habitat of a binary black hole?
Abstract
Close binary black holes (BBH) are important not only in astrophysics but they would be the strongest gravitational wave sources in the universe. Galaxy-galaxy merging systems are mostly found in optical and X-ray images. In radio, however, the VLBI can resolve the close binary system at pc scale, if their nuclei are radio loud. Recently we analyzed the archive VLBI data of PKS 1155+251, it shows twin core-jets like VLBI structure. In this poster, we present preliminary result from analyzing of the archive data. Further investigations with high frequency VLBI observations are required to confirm if it is a true BBH system.
- Publication:
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Star Clusters and Black Holes in Galaxies across Cosmic Time
- Pub Date:
- February 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUS..312...71Y
- Keywords:
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- black hole physics: binary;
- galaxies: jets;
- quasars: general;
- radio continuum