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Published by admin on Tuesday, November 23, 2010

1) High energy black hole collisions




The collision of two boosted black holes (v=0.75c in the center of mass frame) with a finite impact parameter in asymptotically flat spacetime[1]. The intensity of the color refers to the amplitude of the gravitational waves as measured by Ψ4. About 24% of the center of mass frame can be released as radiation, for this collision. The final hole is nearly maximally spinning.

  • ^ Cross Section, Final Spin, and Zoom-Whirl Behavior in High-Energy Black-Hole Collisions ,
    U. Sperhake, V. Cardoso, F. Pretorius, E. Berti, T. Hinderer, N. Yunes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 131102 (2009)