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Precessional dynamics of black hole triples: binary mergers with near-zero effective spin
Fabio Antonini, Carl L. Rodriguez, Cristobal Petrovich +1
The binary black hole mergers detected by Advanced LIGO/Virgo have shown no evidence of large black hole spins. However, because LIGO/Virgo best measures the effective combination…
Disrupted Globular Clusters and the Gamma-Ray Excess in the Galactic Centre
Giacomo Fragione, Fabio Antonini, Oleg Y. Gnedin
The Fermi Large Area Telescope has provided the most detailed view toward the Galactic Centre (GC) in high-energy gamma rays. Besides the interstellar emission and point-source con…
Greatly enhanced merger rates of compact-object binaries in non-spherical nuclear star clusters
Cristobal Petrovich, Fabio Antonini
The Milky Way and a significant fraction of galaxies are observed to host a central Massive Black Hole (MBH) embedded in a non-spherical nuclear star cluster. We study the secular…
Binary black hole mergers from field triples: properties, rates and the impact of stellar evolution
Fabio Antonini, Silvia Toonen, Adrian S. Hamers
We consider the formation of binary black hole mergers through the evolution of field massive triple stars. In this scenario, favorable conditions for the inspiral of a black hole…