Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

Intermediate-mass black holes

JE Greene, J Strader, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We describe ongoing searches for intermediate-mass black holes with M BH≈ 10–105 M⊙.
We review a range of search mechanisms, both dynamical and those that rely on accretion …

Formation and evolution of compact-object binaries in AGN disks

H Tagawa, Z Haiman, B Kocsis - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The astrophysical origin of gravitational wave (GW) events discovered by LIGO/VIRGO
remains an outstanding puzzle. In active galactic nuclei (AGNs), compact-object binaries …

Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

L Barack, V Cardoso, S Nissanke… - … and quantum gravity, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
70 AIM, UMR 7158, CEA/DRF, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Irfu/Service d'Astrophysique,
Centre de Saclay, FR-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

The bolometric quasar luminosity function at z = 0–7

X Shen, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we provide updated constraints on the bolometric quasar luminosity function
(QLF) from z= 0 to z= 7. The constraints are based on an observational compilation that …

BASS. XXII. The BASS DR2 AGN Catalog and Data

MJ Koss, C Ricci, B Trakhtenbrot, K Oh… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the active galactic nucleus (AGN) catalog and optical spectroscopy for the
second data release of the Swift BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS DR2). With this DR2 …

AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies

F Fiore, C Feruglio, F Shankar, M Bischetti… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. Feedback from accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is often identified as
the main mechanism responsible for regulating star formation in active galactic nucleus …

Planck 2015 results-XX. Constraints on inflation

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, F Arroja… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We present the implications for cosmic inflation of the Planck measurements of the cosmic
microwave background (CMB) anisotropies in both temperature and polarization based on …

Relations between central black hole mass and total galaxy stellar mass in the local universe

AE Reines, M Volonteri - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Scaling relations between central black hole (BH) mass and host galaxy properties are of
fundamental importance to studies of BH and galaxy evolution throughout cosmic time. Here …

Assisted inspirals of stellar mass black holes embedded in AGN discs: solving the 'final au problem'

NC Stone, BD Metzger, Z Haiman - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We explore the evolution of stellar mass black hole binaries (BHBs) which are formed in the
self-gravitating discs of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Hardening due to three-body scattering …