Identifying the Host Galaxies of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Found by Pulsar Timing Arrays

Supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) are thought to form in galaxy mergers, possessing the potential to produce electromagnetic (EM) radiation as well as gravitational waves (GWs) detectable with pulsar timing arrays (PTAs). Once GWs from individually resolved SMBHBs are detected, the identific...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	Polina Petrov, Stephen R. Taylor, Maria Charisi, Chung-Pei Ma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Gravitational waves Gravitational wave astronomy Gravitational wave sources Supermassive black holes Pulsar timing method Galaxy mergers
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7b14