Modeling Gravitational Recoil Using Numerical Relativity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-06-24 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
We review the developments in modeling gravitational recoil from merging black-hole binaries and introduce a new set of 20 simulations to test our previously proposed empirical formula for the recoil. The configurations are chosen to represent generic binaries with unequal masses and precessing spins. Results of these simulations indicate that the recoil formula is accurate to within a few km/s in the similar mass-ratio regime for the out-of-plane recoil.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.2210,
title = {Modeling Gravitational Recoil Using Numerical Relativity},
author = {Yosef Zlochower and Manuela Campanelli and Carlos O. Lousto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2210},
year = {2011}
}
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