Of order 104 stellar-mass black holes may reside within 1 pc of Sgr A*,
driven there by dynamical friction. If a substantial number of binaries
populate our Galactic nucleus, some fraction of the stellar black holes
may acquire companions as a result of binary-single exchange
interactions. Such a binary may capture a second black hole in
a subsequent exchange. I will describe encouraging preliminary results
on the dynamical production of black-hole binaries in the Galactic
center, addressing these objects as potential sources of X-rays and
gravitational radiation.
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