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astro-ph.HE2009★ 160 cited
Dual black holes in merger remnants. II: spin evolution and gravitational recoil
M. Dotti, M. Volonteri, A. Perego +3
Using high resolution hydrodynamical simulations, we explore the spin evolution of massive dual black holes orbiting inside a circumnuclear disc, relic of a gas-rich galaxy merger.…
astro-ph.CO2009★ 40 cited
The blazar S5 0014+813: a real or apparent monster?
G. Ghisellini, L. Foschini, M. Volonteri +4
A strong hard X-ray luminosity from a blazar flags the presence of a very powerful jet. If the jet power is in turn related to the mass accretion rate, the most luminous hard X-ray…