Current observations are insufficient to confidently associate the binary black hole merger GW190521 with AGN J124942.3 + 344929
@article{Ashton2021CurrentOA, title={Current observations are insufficient to confidently associate the binary black hole merger GW190521 with AGN J124942.3 + 344929}, author={Gregory Ashton and Kendall Ackley and Ignacio Maga{\~n}a Hernandez and Brandon Piotrzkowski}, journal={Classical and Quantum Gravity}, year={2021}, volume={38} }
Recently, Graham et al (2020 arXiv:2006.14122) identified ZTF19abanrhr as a candidate electromagnetic counterpart to the binary black hole merger GW190521. The authors argue that the observations are consistent with a kicked binary black hole interacting with the accretion disk of the active galactic nucleus AGN J124942.3 + 344929. If a real association (rather than happenstance), this has implications for the sources of LIGO/Virgo binary mergers, future prospects for electromagnetic…
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