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Dark Matter Signatures of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries

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arxiv 1905.03790 v2 pith:OLBEGJOZ submitted 2019-05-09 astro-ph.HE

Dark Matter Signatures of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries

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A natural consequence of the galaxy formation paradigm is the existence of supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries. Gravitational perturbations from a far-away SMBH companion can induce high orbital eccentricities on dark matter particles orbiting the primary SMBH via the eccentric Kozai-Lidov mechanism. This process yields an influx of dark matter particles into the primary SMBH ergosphere, where test particles linger for long timescales. This influx results in high self-gravitating densities, forming a dark matter clump that is extremely close to the SMBH. In such a situation, the gravitational wave emission between the dark matter clump and the SMBH is potentially detectable by LISA. If dark matter self-annihilates, the high densities of the clump will result in a unique co-detection of gravitational wave emission and high energy electromagnetic signatures.

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