1202.4761 (Naoki Seto)

Relativistic Resonant Relations between Massive Black Hole Binary and
Extreme Mass Ratio Inspiral    [PDF]

Naoki Seto

One component of a massive black hole binary (MBHB) might capture a small
third body, and then a hierarchical, inclined triple system would be formed.
With the post-Newtonian approximation including radiation reaction, we analyzed
the evolution of the triple initially with small eccentricities. We found that
an essentially new resonant relation could arise in the triple system. Here
relativistic effects are crucial. Relativistic resonances, including the new
one, stably work even for an outer MBHB of comparable masses, and significantly
change the orbit of the inner small body.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4761