final parsec problem

English

Alternative forms
  • final-parsec problem

Noun

final parsec problem

  1. (astronomy) The problem of whether two supermassive black holes in a merged galaxy would remain in orbit or eventually merge, and if so, how.

Synonyms
  • last parsec problem
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