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The definitive early discussion of massive black-hole binary evolution, outlining the different stages of environmental interaction (dynamical friction, stellar scattering, etc) and mentioning the possibility of stalling in the parsec regime.
Includes simplistic, but useful prescriptions for calculating timescales for each regime of evolution.
Genel et al. 2014, [Genel2014] - Introducing the Illustris project: the evolution of galaxy populations across cosmic time
One of the standard references for the original Illustris simulations written by the Illustris team.
Focuses on the redshift evolution of simulated galaxies.
Hogg 1999, [Hogg1999] - Distance measures in cosmology.
This is the go-to reference/cheat-sheet for basic cosmological calculations such as distances (comoving, luminosity), volume of the universe, lookback times, etc.
Kelley, Blecha, and Hernquist 2017, [Kelley2017a] - Massive black hole binary mergers in dynamical galactic environments
Describes the MBH-MBH mergers from the Illustris cosmological hydrodynamic simulations.
Results include comprehensive semi-analytic models for post-processing the binary mergers at sub-grid scales.
Kelley et al. 2017, [Kelley2017b] - The gravitational wave background from massive black hole binaries in Illustris: spectral features and time to detection with pulsar timing arrays
Uses the MBH-MBH merger catalogs from Illustris, along with comprehensive semi-analytic models of the unresolved binary evolution process, to calculate the expected properties of the GWB and PTA detection prospects.
Kelley et al. 2018, [Kelley2018] - Single sources in the low-frequency gravitational wave sky: properties and time to detection by pulsar timing arrays
Uses the MBH-MBH merger catalogs from Illustris, along with comprehensive semi-analytic models of the unresolved binary evolution process, to calculate the expected properties of individual continuous wave (CW) GW sources and PTA detection prospects.
Nelson et al. 2015, [Nelson2015] - The illustris simulation: Public data release
One of the standard references for the original Illustris simulations written by the Illustris team.
Summarizes the Illustris public data and API.
Phinney 2001, [Phinney2001] - A Practical Theorem on Gravitational Wave Backgrounds
Pioneering analytic calculation of the GWB by integrating the GW emission of binaries over the history of the universe.
Rodriguez-Gomez et al. 2015, [Rodriguez-Gomez2015] - The merger rate of galaxies in the Illustris simulation: a comparison with observations and semi-empirical models
Methods and results for galaxy-galaxy merger rates from the Illustris simulations.
These rates are used to prescribe merger rates in the observational-populations holodeck catalogs.
Sesana et al. 2008 [Sesana2008] - The stochastic gravitational-wave background from massive black hole binary systems: implications for observations with Pulsar Timing Arrays.
Thorough description of how to calculate the GWB, with a discussion on some of the nuances.
Particular attention is given to the difference between the analytic formalism of [Phinney2001] and numerical / semi-analytic approaches, i.e. the effects of discreteness of binary sources which produces a turnover in the GWB spectrum at high frequencies.
Sijacki et al. 2015, [Sijacki2015] - The Illustris simulation: the evolving population of black holes across cosmic time
One of the standard references for the original Illustris simulations written by the Illustris team.
Describes the MBH/AGN population derived from the simulations.
Siwek, Weinberger, and Hernquist 2023, [Siwek2023] - Orbital evolution of binaries in circumbinary discs
Springel 2010, [Springel2010] - E pur si muove: Galilean-invariant cosmological hydrodynamical simulations on a moving mesh
Methods paper for the arepo hydrodynamics code, used in the Illustris simulations.
Vogelsberger et al. 2014, [Vogelsberger2014] - Introducing the Illustris Project: simulating the coevolution of dark and visible matter in the Universe
One of the standard references for the original Illustris simulations written by the Illustris team.
Gives a summary of the simulation methodology and results.
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