SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE BINARY COALESCENCE AND ORBITAL STRUCTURE OF THE HOST GALAXY
When two galaxies coalesce, the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at each galaxy center will also coalesce. In spherical galaxies, there are not enough stars with centrophilic orbits to interact with the black hole binary (BHB) to shrink the orbit enough to merge, and the binary stalls at roughly 1 p...
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VANDERBILT
2015
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03232015-173732/ |