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Where to find Electromagnetic Wave Counterparts of stellar-mass binary black hole mergers?

Authors :
Yi, Shu-Xu
Cheng, K. S.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Multi-messenger astronomy combining Gravitational Wave (GW) and Electromagnetic Wave (EM) observation brings huge impact on physics, astrophysics and cosmology. However, the majority of sources to be detected with currently running ground-based GW observatories are binary black hole (BBH) mergers, which are expected disappointedly to have no EM counterparts. In this letter, we propose that if the BBH merger happens in a gaseous disk around a supermassive black hole, the merger can be accompanied by a transient radio flare alike a fast radio burst (FRB). We argue that the total mass and the effective spin derived from GW detection can be used to distinguish such a source from other channels of BBH mergers. If the prediction is confirmed with future observation, multi-messenger astronomy can be brought to a distance which is one order of magnitude farther than present. The mystery of the origin of FRBs can also be revealed partially.<br />Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures; accepted for publication in ApJL

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1909.08384
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab459a