Gravitational waves from Population III binary black holes formed by dynamical capture

Abstract

We use cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to study the gravitational wave (GW) signals from high-redshift binary black holes (BBHs) formed by dynamical capture (ex-situ formation channel). We in particular focus on BHs originating from the first generation of massive, metal-poor, so-called Population~III (Pop~III) stars. An alternative (in-situ) formation pathway arises in Pop~III binary stars, whose GW signature has been intensively studied. In our optimistic model, we predict a local GW event rate density for ex-situ BBHs (formed at z>4) of ~0.04 /(yr Gpc^3). This is comparable to or even higher than the conservative predictions of the rate density for in-situ BBHs ~0.01-0.1 /(yr Gpc^3), indicating that the ex-situ formation channel may be as important as the in-situ one for producing GW events. We also evaluate the detectability of our simulated GW events for selected planned GW instruments, such as the Einstein Telescope (ET). For instance, we find the all-sky detection rate with signal-to-noise ratios above 10 to be <100 per year for the xylophone configuration of ET. However, our results are highly sensitive to the sub-grid models for BBH identification and evolution, such that the GW event efficiency (rate) is reduced by a factor of 4 (20) in the pessimistic case. The ex-situ channel of Pop III BBHs deserves further investigation with better modeling of the environments around Pop III-seeded BHs.

19+4 pages, 15+6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, more discussions added on hard binary identification, results updated after fixing a bug in BH seeding

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