{"author":[{"last_name":"Gayathri","full_name":"Gayathri, V.","first_name":"V."},{"last_name":"Yang","full_name":"Yang, Y.","first_name":"Y."},{"full_name":"Tagawa, H.","first_name":"H.","last_name":"Tagawa"},{"full_name":"Haiman, Zoltán","first_name":"Zoltán","last_name":"Haiman","id":"7c006e8c-cc0d-11ee-8322-cb904ef76f36"},{"last_name":"Bartos","full_name":"Bartos, I.","first_name":"I."}],"user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345","date_created":"2024-09-05T12:34:46Z","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1"}],"status":"public","day":"21","issue":"2","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"date_published":"2021-10-21T00:00:00Z","article_type":"original","citation":{"short":"V. Gayathri, Y. Yang, H. Tagawa, Z. Haiman, I. Bartos, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 920 (2021).","ama":"Gayathri V, Yang Y, Tagawa H, Haiman Z, Bartos I. Black hole mergers of AGN origin in LIGO–Virgo’s O1–O3a observing periods. <i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters</i>. 2021;920(2). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1\">10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1</a>","chicago":"Gayathri, V., Y. Yang, H. Tagawa, Zoltán Haiman, and I. Bartos. “Black Hole Mergers of AGN Origin in LIGO–Virgo’s O1–O3a Observing Periods.” <i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters</i>. American Astronomical Society, 2021. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1\">https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1</a>.","apa":"Gayathri, V., Yang, Y., Tagawa, H., Haiman, Z., &#38; Bartos, I. (2021). Black hole mergers of AGN origin in LIGO–Virgo’s O1–O3a observing periods. <i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters</i>. American Astronomical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1\">https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1</a>","ista":"Gayathri V, Yang Y, Tagawa H, Haiman Z, Bartos I. 2021. Black hole mergers of AGN origin in LIGO–Virgo’s O1–O3a observing periods. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 920(2), L42.","ieee":"V. Gayathri, Y. Yang, H. Tagawa, Z. Haiman, and I. Bartos, “Black hole mergers of AGN origin in LIGO–Virgo’s O1–O3a observing periods,” <i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters</i>, vol. 920, no. 2. American Astronomical Society, 2021.","mla":"Gayathri, V., et al. “Black Hole Mergers of AGN Origin in LIGO–Virgo’s O1–O3a Observing Periods.” <i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters</i>, vol. 920, no. 2, L42, American Astronomical Society, 2021, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1\">10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1</a>."},"article_number":"L42","date_updated":"2024-09-19T12:17:28Z","oa_version":"Published Version","publisher":"American Astronomical Society","type":"journal_article","oa":1,"month":"10","scopus_import":"1","quality_controlled":"1","doi":"10.3847/2041-8213/ac2cc1","publication":"The Astrophysical Journal Letters","year":"2021","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2041-8205","2041-8213"]},"intvolume":"       920","publication_status":"published","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The origin of the black hole mergers detected by LIGO and Virgo remains an open question. While the unusual mass and spin of a few events constrain their possible astrophysical formation mechanisms, it is difficult to classify the bulk of the observed mergers. Here we consider the distribution of masses and spins in LIGO/Virgo's first and second observing catalogs, and find that for a significant fraction (25%) of these detected events, an AGN-disk origin model is preferred over a parametric mass-spin model fit to the full GWTC-2 merger sample (Bayes factor B>10). We use this to estimate the black hole merger rate in AGNs to be about 2.8±1.8\\, Gpc−3yr−1, comparable to theoretical expectations. We find that AGNs can explain the rate and mass distribution of the observed events with primary black hole mass in the pair-instability mass gap (M≳50\\, M⊙)."}],"article_processing_charge":"No","_id":"17589","extern":"1","volume":920,"title":"Black hole mergers of AGN origin in LIGO–Virgo’s O1–O3a observing periods"}