In spherical galaxies, binary supermassive black holes (SMBHs) have difficulty reaching sub-parsec separations due to depletion of stars on orbits that intersect the massive binary—the “final parsec problem.” Galaxies that form via major mergers are substantially non-spherical, and it has been argue...
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