Resonant Capture of Stars by Black Hole Binaries: Extreme Eccentricity Excitation

Omri Reved, Lazar Friedland, Nicholas C. Stone

Massive black hole (MBH) binaries in galactic nuclei are one of the leading sources of $\sim$ mHz gravitational waves (GWs) for future missions such as $\text{LISA}$. Howeve…