Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been proposed as plausible sites hosting a
sizable fraction of the binary black hole (BBH) mergers measured through
gravitational waves (GWs) by the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra (LVK) experiment. These GWs
could be accompanied by radiation feedback due to the interaction of the BBH
merger remnant with the AGN disc. We present a new predicted radiation
signature driven by the passage of a kicked BBH remnant throughout a thin AGN
disc. We analyse the situation of a merger occurring outside the thin disc,
where the merger is of second or higher generation in a merging hierarchical
sequence. The coalescence produces a kicked BH remnant that eventually plunges
into the disc, accretes material, and inflates jet cocoons. We consider the
case of a jet cocoon propagating quasi-parallel to the disc plane and study the
outflow that results when the cocoon emerges from the disc. Here we focus on
the long time-scale emission produced after the disc outflow expands and
becomes optically thin. The bolometric luminosity of such disc outflow evolves
as L∝t−7/2. Depending on the parameter configuration, the flare
produced by the disc outflow could be comparable to or exceed the AGN
background emission at near-infrared, optical, and extreme ultraviolet
wavelengths appearing ∼[20-500] days after the GW event and lasting for
∼[1-200] days, accordingly.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures. Submitted to MNRA