The quest for dual and binary supermassive black holes: A multi-messenger view

A De Rosa, C Vignali, T Bogdanović, PR Capelo… - New Astronomy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The quest for binary and dual supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the dawn of the multi-
messenger era is compelling. Detecting dual active galactic nuclei (AGN)–active SMBHs at …

[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 …

Kinematics of Parsec-scale Jets of Gamma-Ray Blazars at 43 GHz during 10 yr of the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR Program

ZR Weaver, SG Jorstad, AP Marscher… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2018 December of a sample
of γ-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) …

Precessing jet nozzle connecting to a spinning black hole in M87

Y Cui, K Hada, T Kawashima, M Kino, W Lin, Y Mizuno… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The nearby radio galaxy M87 offers a unique opportunity to explore the connections
between the central supermassive black hole and relativistic jets. Previous studies of the …

Very high redshift quasars and the rapid emergence of supermassive black holes

P Kroupa, L Subr, T Jerabkova… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The observation of quasars at very high redshift such as Pōniuā'ena is a challenge for
models of supermassive black hole (SMBH) formation. This work presents a study of SMBH …

Precession-induced Variability in AGN Jets and OJ 287

S Britzen, M Zajaček, C Fendt, E Kun… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The combined study of the flaring of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at radio wavelengths and
parsec-scale jet kinematics with Very Long Baseline Interferometry has led to the view that …

Resolving the inner parsec of the blazar J1924–2914 with the Event Horizon Telescope

S Issaoun, M Wielgus, S Jorstad… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The radio source J1924–2914 (PKS 1921–293, OV–236) is a radio-loud quasar at a redshift
z= 0.353 (Wills & Wills 1981; Jones et al. 2009). The source exhibits strong optical variability …

[HTML][HTML] The unanticipated phenomenology of the blazar PKS 2131–021: a unique supermassive black hole binary candidate

S O'neill, S Kiehlmann, ACS Readhead… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Most large galaxies host supermassive black holes in their nuclei and are subject to
mergers, which can produce a supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB), and hence …

Absence of the predicted 2022 October outburst of OJ 287 and implications for binary SMBH scenarios

S Komossa, D Grupe, A Kraus… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The project MOMO (Multiwavelength Observations and Modelling of OJ 287)
was set up to test predictions of binary supermassive black hole (SMBH) scenarios and to …

Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields with RadioAstron. V. Space and ground millimeter-VLBI imaging of OJ 287

JL Gómez, E Traianou, TP Krichbaum… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first polarimetric space very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations
of OJ 287, observed with RadioAstron at 22 GHz during a perigee session on 2014 April 4 …