Dual Active Galactic Nuclei
Abstract
We still do not know the timescale for the merging of binary black holes (BHs). This timescale has important implications for gravitational wave predictions and our understanding of BH demographics. Here we discuss efforts to constrain the fraction of BH pairs on kpc scales using observations of dual active galactic nuclei.
- Publication:
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IAU Focus Meeting
- Pub Date:
- 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392131600538X
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUFM..29B.299G
- Keywords:
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- supermassive black holes;
- active galactic nuclei;
- binary black holes