Statistical evidence for massive black hole recoils in active galactic nuclei

arXiv:2605.04781 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-05-06 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-05-06

Updated: 2026-09-10

Comments: 11 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, version matching published paper

Journal ref: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 550, Issue 4, August 2026, stag1367

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stag1367

Code: https://github.com/bencebecsy/AGNOsc

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Consistency — 15× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• AGN — 13× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Systematic Bias — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AGN Feedback — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
• Observational Signatures of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries

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