Gravitational waves from resolvable massive black hole binary systems and observations with Pulsar Timing Arrays
dc.contributor.author | Sesana, Alberto | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Vecchio, A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Volonteri, Marta | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T22:22:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T22:22:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04-21 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sesana, A.; Vecchio, A.; Volonteri, M. (2009). "Gravitational waves from resolvable massive black hole binary systems and observations with Pulsar Timing Arrays." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 394(4): 2255-2265. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/75371> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-2966 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/75371 | |
dc.description.abstract | Massive black holes are key components of the assembly and evolution of cosmic structures, and a number of surveys are currently on going or planned to probe the demographics of these objects and to gain insight into the relevant physical processes. Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) currently provide the only means to observe gravitational radiation from massive black hole binary systems with masses >10 7 M ⊙ . The whole cosmic population produces a stochastic background that could be detectable with upcoming PTAs. Sources sufficiently close and/or massive generate gravitational radiation that significantly exceeds the level of the background and could be individually resolved. We consider a wide range of massive black hole binary assembly scenarios, investigate the distribution of the main physical parameters of the sources, such as masses and redshift, and explore the consequences for PTAs observations. Depending on the specific massive black hole population model, we estimate that on average at least one resolvable source produces timing residuals in the range ∼5–50 ns . PTAs, and in particular the future Square Kilometre Array, can plausibly detect these unique systems, although the events are likely to be rare. These observations would naturally complement on the high-mass end of the massive black hole distribution function future surveys carried out by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna . | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | Journal compilation © 2009 RAS | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Black Hole Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Gravitational Waves | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Pulsars: General | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cosmology: Theory | en_US |
dc.title | Gravitational waves from resolvable massive black hole binary systems and observations with Pulsar Timing Arrays | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Astronomy | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Center for Gravitational Wave Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/75371/1/j.1365-2966.2009.14499.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14499.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | en_US |
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