Superkicks in ultrarelativistic encounters of spinning black holes

We study ultrarelativistic encounters of two spinning, equal-mass black holes through simulations in full numerical relativity. Two initial data sequences are studied in detail: one that leads to scattering and one that leads to a grazing collision and merger. In all cases, the initial black hole sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sperhake, Ulrich, Berti, Emanuele, Cardoso, Vitor, Pretorius, Frans, Yunes, Nicolas
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63600