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On the rate of black hole binary mergers in galactic nuclei due to dynamical hardening
Nathan W. C. Leigh, Aaron M. Geller, B. McKernan +9
We assess the contribution of dynamical hardening by direct three-body scattering interactions to the rate of stellar-mass black hole binary (BHB) mergers in galactic nuclei. We de…
An effective formalism for testing extensions to General Relativity with gravitational waves
Solomon Endlich, Victor Gorbenko, Junwu Huang +1
The recent direct observation of gravitational waves (GW) from merging black holes opens up the possibility of exploring the theory of gravity in the strong regime at an unpreceden…
On stellar-mass black hole mergers in AGN disks detectable with LIGO
B. McKernan, K. E. S. Ford, J. Bellovary +9
Black hole mergers detectable with LIGO can occur in active galactic nucleus (AGN) disks. Here we parameterize the merger rates, the mass spectrum and the spin spectrum of black ho…
A Modern Approach to Superradiance
Solomon Endlich, Riccardo Penco
In this paper, we provide a simple and modern discussion of rotational superradiance based on quantum field theory. We work with an effective theory valid at scales much larger tha…
An effective field theory approach to tidal dynamics of spinning astrophysical systems
Solomon Endlich, Riccardo Penco
We develop a description of tidal effects in astrophysical systems using effective field theory techniques. While our approach is equally capable of describing objects in the Newto…
General coordinate invariance in quantum many-body systems
Tomas Brauner, Solomon Endlich, Alexander Monin +1
We extend the notion of general coordinate invariance to many-body, not necessarily relativistic, systems. As an application, we investigate nonrelativistic general covariance in G…