Constraining the parameters of binary systems through time-dependent light deflection
arXiv:0710.1682 · doi:10.1007/s10714-007-0588-y
Abstract
A theory is derived relating the configuration of the cores of active galaxies, specifically candidates for presumed super-massive black hole binaries (SMBHBs), to time-dependent changes in images of those galaxies. Three deflection quantities, resulting from the monopole term, mass quadrupole term, and spin dipole term of the core, are examined. The resulting observational technique is applied to the galaxy 3C66B. This technique is found to under idealized circumstances surpass the technique proposed by Jenet et al. in accuracy for constraining the mass of SMBHB candidates, but is exceeded in accuracy and precision by Jenet's technique under currently-understood likely conditions. The technique can also under favorable circumstances produce results measurable by currently-available astronomical interferometry such as very-long baseline-interferometry (VLBI).
15 pages, 2 figures, accepted in General Relativity & Gravitation
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