Electromagnetic signatures of supermassive black hole binaries resolved by PTAs

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Tanaka, Takamitsu L ^a   Haiman, Zoltán ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84887940192     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/30/22/224012     Document Type: Article

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