Gravitational-Wave Localization Alone Probes AGN Origin of Stellar-Mass Black Hole Mergers
arXiv:1701.02328 · doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00851-7
Abstract
Stellar-mass binary black hole mergers are poised to represent the majority of gravitational-wave (GW) observations by Advanced LIGO and Virgo. Probing their origin will be difficult due to the expected lack of electromagnetic emission and limited localization accuracy. Associations with rare host galaxy types -- such as active galactic nuclei (AGN) -- can nevertheless be identified statistically through spatial correlation. We show that (i) fractional contributions from AGN hosts to the total BBH merger rate can be statistically established with 70-300 detected events (expected in 0.5-2 years of observation with Advanced LIGO-Virgo at design sensitivity and current rate estimates); (ii) fractional contributions as low as can be tested with 1000 events ( 5\,years of observation); (iii) the best localized GWs drive these constraints. The presented method and results are generally applicable to binary formation channels with rare host populations.
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