Recoiling Massive Black Holes in Gas-Rich Galaxy Mergers

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2010-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/1008.2032v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

Revised version, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

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The asymmetric emission of gravitational waves produced during the coalescence of a massive black hole (MBH) binary imparts a velocity "kick" to the system that can displace the hole from the center of its host. Here we study the trajectories and observability of MBHs recoiling in three (one major, two minor) gas-rich galaxy merger remnants that were previously simulated at high resolution, and in which the pairing of the MBHs had been shown to be successful. We run new simulations of MBHs recoiling in the major merger remnant with Mach numbers in the range 1

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