The dynamical formation of binary black holes (BBHs) in globular clusters (GCs) may contribute significantly to the observed gravitational wave (GW) merger rate. Furthermore, LISA may detect many BBH sources from GCs at mHz frequencies, enabling the characterization of such systems within the Milky Way and nearby Universe. In this work, we use Monte Carlo N-body simulations to construct a realistic sample of Galactic clusters, thus estimating the population, detectability, and parameter measurement accuracy of BBHs hosted within them. In particular, we show that the GW signal from $0.7\pm 0.7$, $2.0\pm 1.7$, $3.6\pm 2.3$, $13.4\pm 4.7$ BBHs in Milky Way GCs can exceed the signal-to-noise ratio threshold of $\rm SNR =30$, 5, 3, and 1 for a 10-year LISA observation, with $\sim 50\%$ of detectable sources exhibiting high eccentricities ($e\gtrsim0.9$). Moreover, the Fisher matrix and Bayesian analyses of the GW signals indicate these systems typically feature highly-resolved orbital frequencies ($δf_{\rm orb}/ f_{\rm orb} \sim 10^{-7}-10^{-5}$) and eccentricities ($δe/ e \sim 10^{-3}-0.1$), as well as a measurable total mass when SNR exceeds $\sim20$. Notably, we show that high-SNR BBHs can be confidently localized to specific Milky Way GCs with a sky localization accuracy of $δΩ\sim 1$~deg$^2$, and address the large uncertainties in their distance measurement ($δR \sim 0.3 - 20$~kpc). The detection and localization of even a single BBH in a Galactic GC would allow accurate tracking of its long-term orbital evolution, enable a direct test of the role of GCs in BBH formation, and provide a unique probe into the evolutionary history of Galactic clusters.
Multiband gravitational wave observations of eccentric escaping binary black holes from globular clusters
Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学);Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences(波兰科学院尼古拉·哥白尼天体物理中心);National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);A. Mickiewicz University(亚当·密茨凯维奇大学);Nicolaus Copernicus University(尼古拉·哥白尼大学);International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学亚太理论物理中心);Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院武汉物理与数学研究所)
Eccentric Stellar-mass Binary Black Holes: Population, Detectability, and Waveform Analysis in the LISA and LIGO Era
UCLA(加州大学洛杉矶分校);University of California, San Diego(加州大学圣地亚哥分校);NASA Marshall Space Flight Center(美国国家航空航天局马歇尔太空飞行中心);Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics(鲁道夫·皮尔斯理论物理中心)
Distance Estimation and Sky Localization of Eccentric Double White Dwarf Binaries from Gravitational Wave Observations inside Globular Clusters
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台);School of physics and astronomy, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学物理与天文学院);Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences(波兰科学院尼古拉·哥白尼天体物理中心);Department of Physics, Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University(杜伦大学系外天文学中心物理系);School of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学天文与空间科学学院);International Centre of Supernovae (ICESUN), Yunnan Key Laboratory of Supernova Research, Yunnan Observatories, CAS(中国科学院云南天文台超新星研究云南省重点实验室国际超新星中心)
Stellar-mass black holes in young massive and open stellar clusters and their role in gravitational-wave generation III: dissecting black hole dynamics