Massive Binary Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei and Their Path to Coalescence

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 183, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 189-221

  Colpi, Monica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black hole binaries; Black hole physics; Dynamics; Galaxy mergers

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DYNAMICS; FLOCCULATION; GALAXIES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; ORBITS;

BINARY FORMATION; BLACK HOLE PHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; COLLISIONLESS; GALACTIC NUCLEI;

STARS;

EID: 84919933489     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-014-0067-1     Document Type: Review

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