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The quest for dual and binary supermassive black holes: A multi-messenger view
(Elsevier BV, 2019-12-12) De Rosa, A.; Vignali, C.; Bogdanovic, T.; Capelo, P. R.; Charisi, M.; Dotti, M.; Husemann, B.; Lusso, E.; Mayer, L.; Paragi, Z.; Runnoe, J.; Sesana, A.; Steinborn, L.; Bianchi, S.; Colpi, M.; Del Valle, L.; Frey, S.; Gabányi, K. É.; Giustini, M.; Guainazzi, M.; Haiman, Z.; Herrera Ruiz, N.; Herrero Illana, R.; Iwasawa, K.; Komossa, S.; Lena, D.; Loiseau, N.; Pérez Torres, M.; Piconcelli, E.; Volonteri, M.; Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI); Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA); Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); European Union COFUND/Durham Junior Research Fellowship (EU); European Research Council (ERC); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Comunidad de Madrid; Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Lena, D. [0000-0003-4184-6152]; Loiseau, N. [0000-0001-5471-3776]; Haiman, Z. [0000-0003-3633-5403]; De Rosa, A. [0000-0001-5668-6863]; Husemann, B. [0000-0003-2901-6842]; Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE ANDALUCIA (IAA), SEV-2017-0709; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos (ICCUB), MDM-2014-0369; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
The quest for binary and dual supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the dawn of the multi-messenger era is compelling. Detecting dual active galactic nuclei (AGN) - active SMBHs at projected separations larger than several parsecs - and binary AGN - probing the scale where SMBHs are bound in a Keplerian binary - is an observational challenge. The study of AGN pairs (either dual or binary) also represents an overarching theoretical problem in cosmology and astrophysics. The AGN triggering calls for detailed knowledge of the hydrodynamical conditions of gas in the imminent surroundings of the SMBHs and, at the same time, their duality calls for detailed knowledge on how galaxies assemble through major and minor mergers and grow fed by matter along the filaments of the cosmic web. This review describes the techniques used across the electromagnetic spectrum to detect dual and binary AGN candidates and proposes new avenues for their search. The current observational status is compared with the state-of-the-art numerical simulations and models for formation of dual and binary AGN. Binary SMBHs are among the loudest sources of gravitational waves (GWs) in the Universe. The search for a background of GWs at nHz frequencies from inspiralling SMBHs at low redshifts, and the direct detection of signals from their coalescence by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna in the next decade, make this a theme of major interest for multi-messenger astrophysics. This review discusses the future facilities and observational strategies that are likely to significantly advance this fascinating field.