The spin-flip phenomenon in supermassive black hole binary mergers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 697, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1621-1633

  Gergely, László Árpád ^a,b   Biermann, Peter L ^c,d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Galaxies: jets; Galaxies: statistics; Gravitational waves; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649127856     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1621     Document Type: Article

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