Evolution of Massive Blackhole Triples I -- Equal-mass binary-single systems

Details Evolution of Massive Blackhole Triples I -- Equal-mass binary-single systems Evolution of Massive Blackhole Triples I -- Equal-mass binary-single systems

2005-11-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511391v1

Astrophys.J.651:1059-1067,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

20 pages, 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/507473

We present the result of $N$-body simulations of dynamical evolution of triple massive blackhole (BH) systems in galactic nuclei. We found that in most cases two of the three BHs merge through gravitational wave (GW) radiation in the timescale much shorter than the Hubble time, before ejecting one BH through a slingshot. In order for a binary BH to merge before ejecting out the third one, it has to become highly eccentric since the gravitational wave timescale would be much longer than the Hubble time unless the eccentricity is very high. We found that two mechanisms drive the increase of the eccentricity of the binary. One is the strong binary-single BH interaction resulting in the thermalization of the eccentricity. The second is the Kozai mechanism which drives the cyclic change of the inclination and eccentricity of the inner binary of a stable hierarchical triple system. Our result implies that many of supermassive blackholes are binaries.

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