Customized chromatic noise models for 67 pulsars detect non-dispersive delays in 21 cases, alter achromatic noise inferences in 19, and enable solar wind density estimates over 1.5 cycles.
Astro2020 science white paper: The gravitational wave view of massive black holes
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Coalescing, massive black-hole (MBH) binaries are the most powerful sources of gravitational waves (GWs) in the Universe, which makes MBH science a prime focus for ongoing and upcoming GW observatories. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) -- a gigameter scale space-based GW observatory -- will grant us access to an immense cosmological volume, revealing MBHs merging when the first cosmic structures assembled in the Dark Ages. LISA will unveil the yet unknown origin of the first quasars, and detect the teeming population of MBHs of $10^4 - 10^7$ solar masses. forming within protogalactic halos. The Pulsar Timing Array, a galactic-scale GW survey, can access the largest MBHs the Universe, detecting the cosmic GW foreground from inspiraling MBH binaries of about 10^9 solar masses. LISA can measure MBH spins and masses with precision far exceeding that from electromagnetic (EM) probes, and together, both GW observatories will provide the first full census of binary MBHs, and their orbital dynamics, across cosmic time. Detecting the loud gravitational signal of these MBH binaries will also trigger alerts for EM counterpart searches, from decades (PTAs) to hours (LISA) prior to the final merger. By witnessing both the GW and EM signals of MBH mergers, precious information will be gathered about the rich and complex environment in the aftermath of a galaxy collision. The unique GW characterization of MBHs will shed light on the deep link between MBHs of $10^4-10^{10}$ solar masses and the grand design of galaxy assembly, as well as on the complex dynamics that drive MBHs to coalescence.
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Customized chromatic noise models applied to NANOGrav 15 yr data raise the Bayes factor for Hellings-Downs GWB correlations by a factor of ~8, lower the amplitude to 2.1e-15, and increase the spectral index to 3.5.
Simulations indicate LISA could statistically distinguish CDM from SIDM (constant 1 cm²/g cross-section) with at least ~70 high-SNR massive black hole merger detections.
A review outlining radio methods for dual AGN and SMBHB detection and the role of SKAO in enabling comprehensive studies across cosmic time.
LISA is expected to detect tens of thousands of millihertz gravitational wave sources, from galactic white-dwarf binaries to high-redshift massive black hole mergers, informing stellar evolution and black hole-galaxy co-evolution.
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The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Customized Chromatic Noise Models
Customized chromatic noise models for 67 pulsars detect non-dispersive delays in 21 cases, alter achromatic noise inferences in 19, and enable solar wind density estimates over 1.5 cycles.
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The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Impacts of Customized Chromatic Noise Models on Gravitational Wave Analyses
Customized chromatic noise models applied to NANOGrav 15 yr data raise the Bayes factor for Hellings-Downs GWB correlations by a factor of ~8, lower the amplitude to 2.1e-15, and increase the spectral index to 3.5.
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Probing the Nature of Dark Matter Self-Interactions Through Observations of Massive Black Hole Mergers
Simulations indicate LISA could statistically distinguish CDM from SIDM (constant 1 cm²/g cross-section) with at least ~70 high-SNR massive black hole merger detections.
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Dual AGN and Multiple SMBH Systems in the Era of SKAO
A review outlining radio methods for dual AGN and SMBHB detection and the role of SKAO in enabling comprehensive studies across cosmic time.
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The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna: Unveiling the Millihertz Gravitational Wave Sky
LISA is expected to detect tens of thousands of millihertz gravitational wave sources, from galactic white-dwarf binaries to high-redshift massive black hole mergers, informing stellar evolution and black hole-galaxy co-evolution.