3 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Unequal Mass Binary Evolution Driven by High Mach Circumbinary Disks
Madeline Clyburn, Jonathan Zrake
We present a study of the gas-driven orbital evolution of unequal mass black hole binaries with circumbinary gas disks (CBDs), varying Mach number and viscosity (nu). Using two-dim…
astro-ph.HE2025
The dynamics and electromagnetic signatures of accretion in unequal mass binary black hole inspirals
Madeline Clyburn, Jonathan Zrake
We present a theoretical study of the gravitational wave (GW) driven inspirals of accreting black hole binaries with mass and mass ratios between and $…
astro-ph.HE2024
Changing-Look Inspirals: Trends and Switches in AGN Disk Emission as Signposts for Merging Black Hole Binaries
Jonathan Zrake, Madeline Clyburn, Samuel Feyan
Using grid-based hydrodynamics simulations and analytic modeling, we compute the electromagnetic (EM) signatures of gravitational wave (GW) driven inspirals of massive black hole b…