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Collision of two black holes

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: We study the head-on collision of two equal-mass, nonrotating black holes. We consider various cases, from holes surrounded by a common horizon to holes separated by about 20M, where M is the mass of each hole. The wave forms and energy output are computed, showing that normal modes of the final black hole are clearly excited. We also estimate analytically the total gravitational radiation emitted, considering tidal heating of horizons and other effects. The analytic calculations, perturbation theory, and strong-field, nonlinear numerical calculations agree very well with each other.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.71.2851

Authors: Peter Anninos, David Hobill, Edward Seidel, Larry Smarr, Wai-Mo Suen

Institutions: University of Calgary, Washington University in St. Louis, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Centre for Supercomputing Applications, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

OpenAlex ID: W1601733277

FWCI: 25.47

Cites: 15

Cited by: 251

Related to: 9