Speaker
Alexander Rasskazov
Description
We study the effect of stellar environment on gravitational wave spectrum produced by supermassive black hole binaries (SBHB). Our model includes the possibility of rotating galactic nucleus, which opens a new degree of freedom - the orientation of SBHB’s orbital plane - and significantly affects its eccentricity evolution. The result of our work is a model spectrum of stochastic gravitational wave background which can be tested by pulsar timing array observations.
Primary author
Co-author
David Merritt
(Rochester Institute of Technology)
