Binary supermassive black hole environments diminish the gravitational wave signal in the pulsar timing band

We assess the effects of supermassive black hole (SMBH) environments on the gravitational wave (GW) signal from binary SMBHs. To date, searches with pulsar timing arrays for GWs from binary SMBHs, in the frequency band ∼1–100 nHz, include the assumptions that all binaries are circular and evolve onl...

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Main Authors: Ravi, V., Wyithe, J., Shannon, Ryan, Hobbs, G., Manchester, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34866