Low-frequency gravitational radiation from coalescing massive black hole binaries in hierarchical cosmologies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 611, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 623-632

  Sesana, Alberto ^a   Haardt, Francesco ^a   Madau, Piero ^b   Volonteri, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Cosmology: theory; Early universe; Gravitational waves; Relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044242469     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422185     Document Type: Article

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