Binary black hole mergers: large kicks for generic spin orientations
| dc.creator | Tichy, Wolfgang | |
| dc.creator | Marronetti, Pedro | |
| dc.date | 2007-03-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:21:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:21:53Z | |
| dc.description | We present results from several simulations of equal mass black holes with spin. The spin magnitudes are $S/m^2=0.8$ in all cases, but we vary the spin orientations arbitrarily, in and outside the orbital plane. We find that in all but one case the final merged black hole acquires a kick of more than 1000 km/s, indicating that kicks of this magnitude are likely to be generic and should be expected for mergers with general spin orientations. The maximum kick velocity we find is 2500 km/s and occurs for initial spins which are anti-aligned in the initial orbital plane. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages, 3 figures, to be submitted to PRD | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703075 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703075 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.D76:061502,2007 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.061502 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194394 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Binary black hole mergers: large kicks for generic spin orientations | |
| dc.type | text |