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We present a comprehensive parameter-space study of binary black hole (BBH) mergers using the SEOBNRv4\_opt waveform model. Our analysis spans $\sim 10^6$ simulated waveforms across a broad range of mass ratios \( q = \frac{m_1}{m_2} \in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-19 İsmail Özbakır , Kadri Yakut

We study the orbital evolution and gravitational wave (GW) emission of supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries formed in gas-free mergers of massive early-type galaxies using the hybrid tree-regularized N-body code KETJU. The evolution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-11 Matias Mannerkoski , Peter H. Johansson , Pauli Pihajoki , Antti Rantala , Thorsten Naab

The spectral amplitude of the merger-ringdown gravitational wave (GW) emitted by a comparable mass-ratio black hole merger is modeled by the greybody factor of the remnant black hole. We also include the post-Newtonian correction to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-31 Kazumasa Okabayashi , Naritaka Oshita

We extend our research on the energy flux and waveform characteristics of gravitational waves generated by merging nonspinning binary black holes through self-consistent effective one-body theory \cite{L2023} to include binary systems with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-11 Weike Deng , Sheng Long , Jiliang Jing

The orbits of two black holes which are initially unbound can be transformed into bound orbits by emitting gravitational waves during close encounters in a star cluster, which is called a gravitational wave (GW) capture. The effects of spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-29 Yeong-Bok Bae , Hyung Mok Lee , Gungwon Kang

The formation and growth of supermassive black holes is a key issue to unveil the secrets of galaxy formation. In particular, the gravitational recoil produced in the merger of unequal mass black hole binaries could have a number of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Carlos F. Sopuerta , Nicolas Yunes , Pablo Laguna

We conduct a descriptive analysis of the multipolar structure of gravitational-radiation waveforms from equal-mass aligned-spin mergers, following an approach first presented in the complementary context of nonspinning black holes of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 Bernard J. Kelly , John G. Baker , William D. Boggs , Sean T. McWilliams , Joan Centrella

We present an accurate approximation of the full gravitational radiation waveforms generated in the merger of non-eccentric systems of two non-spinning black holes. Utilizing information from recent numerical relativity simulations and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Alessandra Buonanno , Yi Pan , John G. Baker , Joan Centrella , Bernard J. Kelly , Sean T. McWilliams , James R. van Meter

Recent calculations of gravitational radiation recoil generated during black-hole binary mergers have reopened the possibility that a merged binary can be ejected even from the nucleus of a massive host galaxy. Here we report the first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Manuela Campanelli , Carlos O. Lousto , Yosef Zlochower , David Merritt

We present a theoretical study of the gravitational wave (GW) driven inspirals of accreting black hole binaries with mass $M = 10^7 M_\odot$ and mass ratios between $10^{-3}$ and $10^{-1}$. Our results are based on analytic estimates, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-09 Madeline Clyburn , Jonathan Zrake

Numerical relativity has recently yielded a plethora of results about kicks from spinning mergers which has, in turn, vastly increased our knowledge about the spin interactions of black hole systems. In this work we use black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-21 Yasushi Mino , Jeandrew Brink

We examine numerically the process of gravitational wave recoil in the merger of two black holes in non head-on collision, in the realm of Robinson-Trautman spacetimes. Characteristic initial data for the system are constructed, and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-02-16 R. F. Aranha , I. Damião Soares , E. V. Tonini

General relativity predicts that gravitational waves (GWs) carry linear momentum. Consequently, the remnant black hole of a black-hole merger can inherit a recoil velocity or ``kick'' of crucial implications in, e.g., black-hole formation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-10 Juan Calderón Bustillo , Samson H. W. Leong , Koustav Chandra

We present new techniqes for evolving binary black hole systems which allow the accurate determination of gravitational waveforms directly from the wave zone region of the numerical simulations. Rather than excising the black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 John G. Baker , Joan Centrella , Dae-Il Choi , Michael Koppitz , James van Meter

For a successful detection of gravitational waves by LISA, it is essential to construct theoretical waveforms in a reliable manner. We discuss gravitational waves from an extreme mass ratio binary system which is expected to be a promising…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-26 Yasushi Mino

The gravitational wave event GW190521 involves the merger of two black holes of $\sim 85\text{M}_\odot$ and $\sim 66\text{M}_\odot$ forming an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) of mass $\sim 142\text{M}_\odot$. Both progenitors are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-14 Oliver Anagnostou , Michele Trenti , Andrew Melatos

We use numerical relativity to study the merger and ringdown stages of "superkick" binary black hole systems (those with equal mass and anti-parallel spins). We find a universal way to describe the mass and current quadrupole gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-04 Sizheng Ma , Matthew Giesler , Vijay Varma , Mark A. Scheel , Yanbei Chen

We investigate the gravitational energy-momentum distribution in the space-time of two black holes in circular orbit, in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. This field configuration is important because…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-02-01 J. W. Maluf , S. C. Ulhoa , J. F. da Rocha-Neto

The waveforms from binary black hole mergers include inspiral, merger, and ringdown parts. Usually, the inspiral waveform can be obtained by calibrating from post-Newtonian approximation; The merger and ringdown ones can be gotten from the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-15 Song Li , Wen-Biao Han

It is now possible to theoretically calculate the gravitational-wave signal from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of a black-hole-binary system. The late inspiral, merger and ringdown can be calculated in full general relativity using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-06-10 Mark Hannam