Massive Black Hole Binary Evolution

"Massive Black Hole Binary Evolution"

David Merritt and Miloš Milosavljević

	Abstract
1	Introduction
2	Preliminaries
3	Observations of Binary Supermassive Black Holes
4	Interaction of Binary Black Holes with Stars
5	Multiple Black Hole Systems
6	N-Body Studies of Binary Black Hole Evolution
7	Evidence for Cusp Destruction
8	Interaction of Binary Black Holes with Gas
9	Spin Evolution during Mergers
10	Summary
11	Acknowledgements
	References
	Footnotes
	Figures