11 papers
Active Galactic Nucleus Tori: Potential Birthplace to Millions of Planets
Bhupendra Mishra, Wladimir Lyra, Barry McKernan +3
The outer regions of AGN disks have temperatures similar to those of circumstellar disks, permitting dust condensation. Therefore, planet formation and growth could be active in th…
McFACTS. IV. Electromagnetic Counterparts to AGN-disk-embedded Binary Black Hole Mergers
Emily McPike, Rosalba Perna, K. E. Saavik Ford +10
The accretion disks of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are promising environments for producing binary black hole (BBH) mergers, which have been detected via gravitational waves (GWs…
An Extremely Luminous Flare Recorded from a Supermassive Black Hole
Matthew J. Graham, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford +17
Since their discovery more than 60 years ago, accreting supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN) were recognized as highly variable sources, requiring an extremely…
McFACTS II: Mass Ratio--Effective Spin Relationship of Black Hole Mergers in the AGN Channel
Harrison E. Cook, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford +6
We use the Monte Carlo For AGN (active galactic nucleus) Channel Testing and Simulation (McFACTS, https://www.github.com/mcfacts/mcfacts) code to study the effect of AGN disk and n…
Evolution of LISA Observables for Binary Black Holes Lensed by an SMBH
Jake Postiglione, K. E. Saavik Ford, Henry Best +2
Binary black holes (BBH) are expected to form and merge in active galactic nuclei (AGN), deep in the potential well of a supermassive black hole (SMBH), from populations that exist…
McFACTS I: Testing the LVK AGN channel with Monte Carlo For AGN Channel Testing & Simulation (McFACTS)
Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Harrison E. Cook +6
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are a promising source of the binary black hole (BBH) mergers observed in gravitational waves with LIGO-Virgo-Kagra (LVK). Constraining the AGN channel…