High accuracy measurement of gravitational wave back-reaction in the OJ287 black hole binary
High accuracy measurement of gravitational wave back-reaction in the OJ287 black hole binary
Abstract Blazar OJ287 exhibits large thermal flares at least twice every 12 years. The times of these flares have been predicted successfully using the model of a quasi-Keplerian eccentric black hole binary where the secondary impacts the accretion disk of the primary, creating the thermal flares. New measurements of the …