Signatures of Massive Black Hole Merger Host Galaxies from Cosmological Simulations. I. Unique Galaxy Morphologies in Imaging

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作者
Bardati, Jaeden [1 ,2 ]
Ruan, John J. [1 ]
Haggard, Daryl [3 ]
Tremmel, Michael [4 ]
机构
[1] Bishops Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Sherbrooke, PQ J1M 1Z7, Canada
[2] CALTECH, Div Phys Math & Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[3] McGill Univ, McGill Space Inst, Dept Phys, 3600 rue Univ, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada
[4] Univ Coll Cork, Sch Phys, Cork, Ireland
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2024年 / 961卷 / 01期
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS; GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES; RADIATIVE-TRANSFER; BINARY-SYSTEMS; ACCRETION; EVOLUTION; GAS; MODELS; LISA; ASTROPHYSICS;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/ad055a
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Low-frequency gravitational-wave experiments such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna and pulsar timing arrays are expected to detect individual massive black hole (MBH) binaries and mergers. However, secure methods of identifying the exact host galaxy of each MBH merger among the large number of galaxies in the gravitational-wave localization region are currently lacking. We investigate the distinct morphological signatures of MBH merger host galaxies, using the Romulus25 cosmological simulation. We produce mock telescope images of 201 simulated galaxies in Romulus25 hosting recent MBH mergers through stellar population synthesis and dust radiative transfer. Based on comparisons to mass- and redshift-matched control samples, we show that combining multiple morphological statistics via a linear discriminant analysis enables identification of the host galaxies of MBH mergers, with accuracies that increase with chirp mass and mass ratio. For mergers with high chirp masses (greater than or similar to 108.2 M circle dot) and high mass ratios (greater than or similar to 0.5), the accuracy of this approach reaches greater than or similar to 80%, and does not decline for at least similar to 1 Gyr after numerical merger. We argue that these trends arise because the most distinctive morphological characteristics of MBH merger and binary host galaxies are prominent classical bulges, rather than relatively short-lived morphological disturbances from their preceding galaxy mergers. Since these bulges are formed though major mergers of massive galaxies, they lead to (and become permanent signposts for) MBH binaries and mergers that have high chirp masses and mass ratios. Our results suggest that galaxy morphology can aid in identifying the host galaxies of future MBH binaries and mergers.
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