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The Next-Generation Very Large Array: Supermassive Black Hole Pairs and Binaries

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Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Laura Blecha, Tamara Bogdanovic, Julia M. Comerford, T. Joseph W. Lazio, Xin Liu, Thomas J. Maccarone, Dominic Pesce
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Yue Shen, Greg Taylor

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Submitted 13 Aug 2018

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The authors' main claim The Next-Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) has the potential to be a workhorse for the discovery and study of paired supermassive black holes either at large separations (dual) or in tightly bound systems (binary).

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CitationDominic Pesce, Greg Taylor, Julia M. Comerford, Laura Blecha, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Tamara Bogdanovic, Thomas J. Maccarone, T. Joseph W. Lazio, Xin Liu, Yue Shen. "The Next-Generation Very Large Array: Supermassive Black Hole Pairs and Binaries." arXiv:1808.04368 (2018). https://pith.science/paper/YNOQL7YZ
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The Next-Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) has the potential to be a workhorse for the discovery and study of paired supermassive black holes either at large separations (dual) or in tightly bound systems (binary). In this chapter, we outline the science case for the study of these supermassive pairs, and summarize discovery methods that can be used at radio wavelengths to discover them: including morphological, spectral, and time-domain identifications. One critical aspect of this work is that multi-messenger binary black hole studies may be possible with the ngVLA when combined with gravitational-wave searches using pulsar timing array techniques. However, long-baseline interferometery (>>1000 km) will make this possibility more likely by expanding the redshift range at which radio emission arising from two separate black holes may be resolved and studied.

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s0 The Next-Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) has the potential to be a workhorse for the discovery and study of paired supermassive black holes either at large separations (dual) or in tightly bound systems (binary). background 0.84 0.06 0.25 hedged possibility 1.00
s1 In this chapter, we outline the science case for the study of these supermassive pairs, and summarize discovery methods that can be used at radio wavelengths to discover them: including morphological, spectral, and time-domain identifications. contribution 0.92 0.19 0.08 asserted 0.88
s2 One critical aspect of this work is that multi-messenger binary black hole studies may be possible with the ngVLA when combined with gravitational-wave searches using pulsar timing array techniques. method 0.25 0.07 0.16 hedged possibility 1.00
s3 However, long-baseline interferometery (>>1000 km) will make this possibility more likely by expanding the redshift range at which radio emission arising from two separate black holes may be resolved and studied. method 0.32 0.06 0.11 hedged possibility 0.99

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The Next-Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) has the potential to be a workhorse for the discovery and study of paired supermassive black holes either at large separations (dual) or in tightly bound systems (binary). In this chapter, we outline the science case for the study of these supermassive pairs, and summarize discovery methods that can be used at radio wavelengths to discover them: including morphological, spectral, and time-domain identifications. One critical aspect of this work is that multi-messenger binary black hole studies may be possible with the ngVLA when combined with gravitational-wave searches using pulsar timing array techniques. However, long-baseline interferometery (>>1000 km) will make this possibility more likely by expanding the redshift range at which radio emission arising from two separate black holes may be resolved and studied.

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