The high-energy collision of two black holes

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dc.creatorSperhake, U.
dc.creatorCardoso, V.
dc.creatorPretorius, F.
dc.creatorBerti, E.
dc.creatorGonzalez, J. A.
dc.date2008-06-10
dc.date2008-09-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:51:33Z
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dc.descriptionWe study the head-on collision of two highly boosted equal mass, nonrotating black holes. We determine the waveforms, radiated energies, and mode excitation in the center of mass frame for a variety of boosts. For the first time we are able to compare analytic calculations, black hole perturbation theory, and strong field, nonlinear numerical calculations for this problem. Extrapolation of our results, which include velocities of up to 0.94c, indicate that in the ultra-relativistic regime about (14\pm 3)% of the energy is converted into gravitational waves. This gives rise to a luminosity of order 10^-2 c^5/G, the largest known so far in a black hole merger.
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dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1738
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1738
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.101:161101,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.161101
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203934
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleThe high-energy collision of two black holes
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