Abstract
We present here self-consistent zoom-in simulations of massive galaxies
forming in a full cosmological setting. The simulations are run with an updated
version of the KETJU code, which is able to resolve the gravitational dynamics
of their supermassive black holes, while simultaneously modelling the
large-scale astrophysical processes in the surrounding galaxies, such as gas
cooling, star formation and stellar and AGN feedback. The KETJU code is able to
accurately model the complex behaviour of multiple SMBHs, including dynamical
friction, stellar scattering and gravitational wave emission, and also to
resolve Lidov-Kozai oscillations that naturally occur in hierarchical triplet
SMBH systems. In general most of the SMBH binaries form at moderately high
eccentricities, with typical values in the range of e =0.6-0.95, meaning that
the circular binary models that are commonly used in the literature are
insufficient for capturing the typical binary evolution.
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