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Dynamical friction modelling of massive black holes in cosmological simulations and effects on merger rate predictions

Dynamical friction modelling of massive black holes in cosmological simulations and effects on merger rate predictions

In this work we establish and test methods for implementing dynamical friction for massive black hole pairs that form in large volume cosmological hydrodynamical simulations which include galaxy formation and black hole growth. We verify our models and parameters both for individual black hole dynamics and for the black hole …