Winds Against Alignment: AGN Feedback and the Spin Evolution of Massive Black Hole Binaries

arXiv:2608.25978 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-26 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-26

Updated: 2026-08-26

Terminology

• Alignment — 72× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• AGN — 70× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• AGN Feedback — 44× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anisotropy — 5× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Angular Momentum Transport — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Angular Momentum Loss — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bulk Viscosity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Laser Interferometer Space Antenna — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Stellar Feedback — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
• LISA Definition Study Report
• The Obsidian model: Three regimes of black hole feedback

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