2024A&A...691L...9V -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 691L9 (2024/11-1)
Blazar S 0528+134 is possibly the most powerful emitter in the Universe, including in the range of gravitational waves.
VOLVACH A.E., VOLVACH L.N. and LARIONOV M.G.
Abstract (from CDS):
Aims. A new method of determining the parameters of close binary systems of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and the level of gravitational waves (GWs) on the Earth's surface are proposed.
Methods. Data are presented from long-term monitoring of possibly the most powerful emitter in the Universe, S 0528+134, at five frequencies in the radio range from 4.8 GHz to 37 GHz, obtained by the RT-22 radio telescope of the Radio Astronomy Laboratory CrAO in Simeiz, the RT-26 radio telescope at Michigan Observatory, and the 40 m radio telescope of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory.
Results. The dynamics of powerful flares that have occurred in the object since its discovery in a sky survey in 1970 were considered. The main physical characteristics of binary SMBHs located in the central regions of the system were obtained. These data were used to find the masses of the SMBH companions, the parameters of their orbits, the energy reserve of the system, and the lifetime of the object before the SMBHs' merger. The level of GWs on the Earth's surface was determined and the possibility of their detection by International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) GW detectors was considered.
Abstract Copyright:
© The Authors 2024
Journal keyword(s):
gravitational waves - galaxies: active - BL Lacertae objects: individual: 0528+134 - radio continuum: galaxies
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