[HTML][HTML] Electromagnetic counterparts to massive black-hole mergers

T Bogdanović, MC Miller, L Blecha - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2022 - Springer
The next two decades are expected to open the door to the first coincident detections of
electromagnetic (EM) and gravitational-wave (GW) signatures associated with massive …

[PDF][PDF] Fundamental physics opportunities with the next-generation event horizon telescope

D Ayzenberg, L Blackburn, R Brito… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration recently published the first
images of the supermassive black holes in the cores of the Messier 87 and Milky Way …

Electromagnetic signatures from supermassive binary black holes approaching merger

EM Gutiérrez, L Combi, SC Noble… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present fully relativistic predictions for the electromagnetic emission produced by
accretion disks surrounding spinning and nonspinning supermassive binary black holes on …

Self-lensing flares from black hole binaries: General-relativistic ray tracing of black hole binaries

J Davelaar, Z Haiman - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
The self-lensing of a massive black hole binary (MBHB), which occurs when the two BHs are
aligned close to the line of sight, is expected to produce periodic, short-duration flares. Here …

Minidisk Accretion onto Spinning Black Hole Binaries: Quasi-periodicities and Outflows

L Combi, FGL Armengol, M Campanelli… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a full 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamical (GRMHD) simulation of an
equal-mass, spinning, binary black hole approaching merger, surrounded by a circumbinary …

Post-dynamical inspiral phase of common envelope evolution-Binary orbit evolution and angular momentum transport

D Gagnier, O Pejcha - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
After the companion dynamically plunges through the primary's envelope, the two cores
remain surrounded by a common envelope and the decrease of the orbital period P orb …

Mass-ratio and magnetic flux dependence of modulated accretion from circumbinary disks

SC Noble, JH Krolik, M Campanelli… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Accreting supermassive binary black holes (SMBBHs) are potential multimessenger sources
because they emit both gravitational-wave and electromagnetic (EM) radiation. Past work …

[HTML][HTML] GRMHD study of accreting massive black hole binaries in astrophysical environment: A review

F Cattorini, B Giacomazzo - Astroparticle Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We present an overview of recent numerical advances in the theoretical characterization of
massive binary black hole (MBBH) mergers in astrophysical environments. These systems …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term Evolution of Massive-star Post-common-envelope Circumbinary Disks and the Environments of Fast Luminous Transients

S Tuna, BD Metzger - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
If the envelope of a massive star is not entirely removed during common envelope (CE)
interaction with an orbiting compact (eg, black hole (BH) or neutron star (NS)) companion …

On the origin of the lump in circumbinary discs

R Mignon-Risse, P Varniere… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Accreting binary black holes (BBHs) are multimessenger sources, emitting copious
electromagnetic (EM) and gravitational waves. One of their most promising EM signatures is …