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Prospects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurements
NANOGrav and other Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) have discovered a common-spectrum process in the nHz range that may be due to gravitational waves (GWs): if so, they are likely to have been generated by black hole (BH) binaries with total masses > 109 M⊙. Using the Extended Press-Schechter formalis...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346268 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2848099 |
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| author | Ellis, John Fairbairn, Malcolm Hütsi, Gert Raidal, Martti Urrutia, Juan Vaskonen, Ville Veermäe, Hardi |
| author_facet | Ellis, John Fairbairn, Malcolm Hütsi, Gert Raidal, Martti Urrutia, Juan Vaskonen, Ville Veermäe, Hardi |
| author_sort | Ellis, John |
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| description | NANOGrav and other Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) have discovered a common-spectrum process in the nHz range that may be due to gravitational waves (GWs): if so, they are likely to have been generated by black hole (BH) binaries with total masses > 109 M⊙. Using the Extended Press-Schechter formalism to model the galactic halo mass function and a simple relation between the halo and BH masses suggests that these binaries have redshifts z = 𝒪(1) and mass ratios ≳10, and that the GW signal at frequencies above 𝒪(10) nHz may be dominated by relatively few binaries that could be distinguished experimentally and would yield observable circular polarization. Extrapolating the model to higher frequencies indicates that future GW detectors such as LISA and AEDGE could extend the PTA observations to lower BH masses ≳103 M⊙.Key words: black hole physics / gravitational waves / cosmology: theory |
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| spelling | cern-28480992023-09-15T02:07:05Zdoi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346268http://cds.cern.ch/record/2848099engEllis, JohnFairbairn, MalcolmHütsi, GertRaidal, MarttiUrrutia, JuanVaskonen, VilleVeermäe, HardiProspects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurementsastro-ph.HEAstrophysics and Astronomyastro-ph.COAstrophysics and AstronomyNANOGrav and other Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) have discovered a common-spectrum process in the nHz range that may be due to gravitational waves (GWs): if so, they are likely to have been generated by black hole (BH) binaries with total masses > 109 M⊙. Using the Extended Press-Schechter formalism to model the galactic halo mass function and a simple relation between the halo and BH masses suggests that these binaries have redshifts z = 𝒪(1) and mass ratios ≳10, and that the GW signal at frequencies above 𝒪(10) nHz may be dominated by relatively few binaries that could be distinguished experimentally and would yield observable circular polarization. Extrapolating the model to higher frequencies indicates that future GW detectors such as LISA and AEDGE could extend the PTA observations to lower BH masses ≳103 M⊙.Key words: black hole physics / gravitational waves / cosmology: theoryNANOGrav and other Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) have discovered a common-spectrum process in the nHz range that may be due to gravitational waves (GWs): if so, they are likely to have been generated by black hole (BH) binaries with total masses $> 10^9 M_{\odot}$. Using the Extended Press-Schechter formalism to model the galactic halo mass function and a simple relation between the halo and BH masses suggests that these binaries have redshifts $z = {O}(1)$ and mass ratios $\gtrsim 10$, and that the GW signal at frequencies above ${O}(10)$~nHz may be dominated by relatively few binaries that could be distinguished experimentally and would yield observable circular polarization. Extrapolating the model to higher frequencies indicates that future GW detectors such as LISA and AEDGE could extend the PTA observations to lower BH masses $\in (10^6, 10^9 ) M_{\odot}$ and $\in (10^3, 10^9) M_{\odot}$.arXiv:2301.13854KCL-PH-TH/2023-04CERN-TH-2023-008AION-REPORT/2023-1oai:cds.cern.ch:28480992023-01-31 |
| spellingShingle | astro-ph.HE Astrophysics and Astronomy astro-ph.CO Astrophysics and Astronomy Ellis, John Fairbairn, Malcolm Hütsi, Gert Raidal, Martti Urrutia, Juan Vaskonen, Ville Veermäe, Hardi Prospects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurements |
| title | Prospects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurements |
| title_full | Prospects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurements |
| title_fullStr | Prospects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prospects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurements |
| title_short | Prospects for Future Binary Black Hole GW Studies in Light of PTA Measurements |
| title_sort | prospects for future binary black hole gw studies in light of pta measurements |
| topic | astro-ph.HE Astrophysics and Astronomy astro-ph.CO Astrophysics and Astronomy |
| url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346268 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2848099 |
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