LIGO tells us LINERs are not optically thick RIAFs
arXiv:1907.04871 · doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slz116
Abstract
Low ionization emission line regions (LINERs) are a heterogeneous collection of up to of galactic nuclei in the local Universe. It is unclear whether LINERs are simply the result of low accretion rates onto supermassive black holes or whether they include a large number of optically thick radiatively inefficient but super-Eddington accretion flows (RIAFs). Optically thick RIAFs are typically disks of large scale-height or quasi-spherical gas flows. These should be dense enough to trap and merge a large number of the stellar mass black holes, which we expect to exist in galactic nuclei. Electromagnetic observations of photospheres of accretion flows do not allow us to break model degeneracies. However, gravitational wave observations probe the interior of accretion flows where the merger of stellar mass black holes can be greatly accelerated over the field rate. Here we show that the upper limits on the rate of black hole mergers observed with LIGO demonstrate that most LINERs cannot be optically thick RIAFs.
arXiv comment6 pages, 1 Figure, MNRAS Letters (submitted)
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