Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21823504s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #235.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
A precise electromagnetic measurement of the sky coordinates and redshift of a coalescing black hole binary holds the key for using its gravitational wave signal to constrain cosmological parameters and to test general relativity. Here we show that the merger of 106-7 Msun black holes is generically followed by electromagnetic flares from tidally disrupted stars. The sudden recoil imparted to the merged black hole by GW emission promptly fills its loss cone and results in a tidal disruption rate of stars as high as 0.1 yr-1. The prompt disruption of a single star within a galaxy provides a unique electromagnetic flag of a recent black hole coalescence event, and sequential disruptions could be used on their own to calibrate the expected rate of GW sources for pulsar timing arrays or the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. We also examine the prospects for delayed detection of black hole recoil using upcoming time-domain surveys, by estimating event rates for spatially and kinematically offset tidal disruption flares. This work was funded by the Harvard University Astronomy Department, and by Professor Abraham Loeb's NSF and NASA grants.
Loeb Abraham
Stone Nicholas
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