Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Stellar mass black hole binaries have individual masses between 10-80 solar masses. These systems may emit gravitational waves at frequencies detectable at Megaparsec distances by space-based gravitational wave observatories. In a previous study, we determined the selection effects of observing these systems with detectors similar to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna by using a generated population of binary black holes that covered a reasonable parameter space and calculating their signal-to-noise ratio. We further our study by populating the galaxies in our nearby (less than 30 Mpc) universe with binary black hole systems drawn from a distribution found in the Synthetic Universe to ultimately investigate the likely event rate of detectable binaries from galaxies in the nearby universe.
Recommended Citation
Matthew Benacquista et al 2015 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 610 012049. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/012049
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Publication Title
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/012049