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3 papers
astro-ph.CO2011
Recoiling Black Holes in Merging Galaxies
Laura Blecha, Thomas J. Cox, Abraham Loeb +1
Gravitational-wave (GW) recoil of merging supermassive black holes (SMBHs) may influence the co-evolution of SMBHs and their host galaxies. We examine this possibility using SPH/N-…
astro-ph2008★ 111 cited
Effects of gravitational-wave recoil on the dynamics and growth of supermassive black holes
Laura Blecha, Abraham Loeb
Simulations of binary black hole mergers indicate that asymmetrical gravitational wave (GW) emission can cause black holes to recoil at speeds up to thousands of km/s. These GW rec…
astro-ph2005
Close Binary Interactions of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: Possible Ultra-Luminous X-ray Sources?
L. Blecha, N. Ivanova, V. Kalogera +3
While many observed ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs, Lx > 10^39 erg s^-1) could be extragalactic X-ray binaries (XRBs) emitting close to the Eddington limit, the highest-luminos…