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Electromagnetic counterparts to black hole mergers
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schnittman, Jeremy D. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | During the final moments of a binary black hole (BH) merger, the gravitational wave (GW) luminosity of the system is greater than the combined electromagnetic (EM) output of the entire observable universe. However, the extremely weak coupling between GWs and ordinary matter makes these waves very difficult to detect directly. Fortunately, the inspirating BH system will interact strongly-on a purely Newtonian level-with any surrounding material in the host galaxy, and this matter can in turn produce unique EM signals detectable at Earth. By identifying EM counterparts to GW sources, we will be able to study the host environments of the merging BHs, in turn greatly expanding the scientific yield of a mission like LISA. Here we present a comprehensive review of the recent literature on the subject of EM counterparts, as well as a discussion of the theoretical and observational advances required to fully realize the scientific potential of the field. |
| File Size | 2884956 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120013628 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5n927m8r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-04-18 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Active Galactic Nuclei Electromagnetism Supermassive Stars Binary Stars Gravitational Waves Luminosity Accretion Disks Black Holes Astronomy Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
