Accreting black hole binaries in AGN disks contract and merge in thin disks but expand in thick ones, yielding merger times of 1e5 to 1e7 years and rates of 0.2 to 5 per Gpc^3 per year.
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Gravitational wave mergers of accreting binary black holes in AGN discs
Accreting black hole binaries in AGN disks contract and merge in thin disks but expand in thick ones, yielding merger times of 1e5 to 1e7 years and rates of 0.2 to 5 per Gpc^3 per year.