Retrograde black hole binaries in AGN disks with mass ratio below about 0.4 damp eccentricity and inspiral slowly, while higher-mass-ratio retrograde binaries are pumped toward eccentricity near unity and can merge before accreting substantially.
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The Multiple Paths to Merger of Unequal-Mass Black Hole Binaries in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei
Retrograde black hole binaries in AGN disks with mass ratio below about 0.4 damp eccentricity and inspiral slowly, while higher-mass-ratio retrograde binaries are pumped toward eccentricity near unity and can merge before accreting substantially.