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astro-ph.HE2021★ 15 cited
The Mass Ratio Distribution of Tertiary Induced Binary Black Hole Mergers
Yubo Su, Bin Liu, Dong Lai
Many proposed scenarios for black hole (BH) mergers involve a tertiary companion that induces von Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai (ZLK) eccentricity cycles in the inner binary. An attractive fe…
astro-ph.HE2020★ 122 cited
Hierarchical Black-Hole Mergers in Multiple Systems: Constrain the Formation of GW190412, GW190814 and GW190521-like events
Bin Liu, Dong Lai
The merging black-hole (BH) binaries GW190412, GW190814 and GW190521 from the third LIGO/VIRGO observing run exhibit some extraordinary properties, including highly asymmetric mass…
astro-ph.HE2020★ 27 cited
Merging Compact Binaries Near a Rotating Supermassive Black Hole: Eccentricity Excitation due to Apsidal Precession Resonance
Bin Liu, Dong Lai
We study the dynamics of merging compact binaries near a rotating supermassive black hole (SMBH) in a hierarchical triple configuration. We include various general relativistic eff…