English Explanatory Dictionary

final parsec problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The question of whether two supermassive black holes in a merged galaxy will continue orbiting each other indefinitely or eventually combine into one, and if so, the process by which this occurs.

Word forms

final parsec problem final-parsec problem

Synonyms

last parsec problem
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