Supermassive recoil velocities for binary black-hole mergers with antialigned spins

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dc.creatorGonzalez, J. A.
dc.creatorHannam, M. D.
dc.creatorSperhake, U.
dc.creatorBrugmann, B.
dc.creatorHusa, S.
dc.date2007-02-08
dc.date2007-06-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:57:45Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:57:45Z
dc.descriptionRecent calculations of the recoil velocity in binary black hole mergers have found the kick velocity to be of the order of a few hundred km/s in the case of non-spinning binaries and about $500 $km/s in the case of spinning configurations, and have lead to predictions of a maximum kick of up to $1300 $km/s. We test these predictions and demonstrate that kick velocities of at least $2500 $km/s are possible for equal-mass binaries with anti-aligned spins in the orbital plane. Kicks of that magnitude are likely to have significant repercussions for models of black-hole formation, the population of intergalactic black holes and the structure of host galaxies.
dc.descriptionFinal version, published by Phys. Rev. Lett.; title changed according to suggestion of PRL; note added after preparation of manuscript
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0702052
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0702052
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.98:231101,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.231101
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/205989
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleSupermassive recoil velocities for binary black-hole mergers with antialigned spins
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