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The competing effect of gas and stars in massive black hole binaries evolution
Elisa Bortolas, Alessia Franchini, Matteo Bonetti +1
Massive black hole binaries are predicted to form during the hierarchical assembly of cosmic structures and will represent the loudest sources of low-frequency gravitational waves…
Revised event rates for extreme and extremely large mass-ratio inspirals
Verónica Vázquez-Aceves, Lorenz Zwick, Elisa Bortolas +4
One of the main targets of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is the detection of extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) and extremely large mass-ratio inspirals (X-MRIs).…
Stellar hardening of massive black hole binaries: the impact of the host rotation
Ludovica Varisco, Elisa Bortolas, Massimo Dotti +1
Massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) with masses of ~ 10^4 to ~ 10^10 of solar masses are one of the main targets for currently operating and forthcoming space-borne gravitational w…
The role of bars on the dynamical-friction driven inspiral of massive perturbers
Elisa Bortolas, Matteo Bonetti, Massimo Dotti +4
In this paper, we systematically explore the impact of a galactic bar on the inspiral time-scale of a massive object (MO) within a Milky Way-like galaxy. We integrate the orbit of…
Improved gravitational radiation time-scales II: spin-orbit contributions and environmental perturbations
Lorenz Zwick, Pedro R. Capelo, Elisa Bortolas +3
Peters' formula is an analytical estimate of the time-scale of gravitational wave (GW)-induced coalescence of binary systems. It is used in countless applications, where the conven…