Constraining Stellar-mass Black Hole Mergers in AGN Disks Detectable with LIGO

Authors :: Bence Kocsis
D. J. Rosen
Brian D. Metzger
Matthew O'Dowd
K. E. Saavik Ford
Nathan W. C. Leigh
Zoltan Haiman
Barry McKernan
Wladimir Lyra
Jillian Bellovary
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
S. Endlich
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: American Astronomical Society, 2020.
Abstract: Black hole (BH) mergers detectable with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) can occur in active galactic nucleus (AGN) disks. Here we parameterize the merger rates, the mass spectrum, and the spin spectrum of BHs in AGN disks. The predicted merger rate spans ~10−3–104 Gpc−1 yr−1, so upper limits from LIGO (