How to Escape from a Trap: Outcomes of Repeated Black Hole Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei
Shmuel Gilbaum et al 2025 ApJL 982 L13 Stellar-mass black holes may become ensnared in gravitational traps in the disks around accreting black holes, but simulations show how binary black holes may…
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