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Gravitational waves carry energy, angular momentum, and linear momentum. In generic binary black hole mergers, the loss of linear momentum imparts a recoil velocity, or a "kick", to the remnant black hole. We exploit recent advances in…

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The accuracy of gravitational-wave models of compact binaries has traditionally been addressed by the mismatch between the model and numerical-relativity simulations. This is a measure of the overall agreement between the two waveforms.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-25 Angela Borchers , Frank Ohme

Coalescing binary black holes emit anisotropic gravitational radiation. This causes a net emission of linear momentum that produces a gradual acceleration of the source. As a result, the final remnant black hole acquires a characteristic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-14 Juan Calderón Bustillo , James A. Clark , Pablo Laguna , Deirdre Shoemaker

Coalescing black-hole binaries are expected to be the strongest sources of gravitational waves for ground-based interferometers as well as the space-based interferometer LISA. Recent progress in numerical relativity now makes it possible to…

Generic black hole binaries radiate gravitational waves anisotropically, imparting a recoil, or kick, velocity to the merger remnant. If a component of the kick along the line of sight is present, gravitational waves emitted during the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-30 Davide Gerosa , Christopher J. Moore

Binary black holes radiate linear momentum in gravitational waves as they merge. Recoils imparted to the black-hole remnant can reach thousands of km/s, thus ejecting black holes from their host galaxies. We exploit recent advances in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-30 Davide Gerosa , François Hébert , Leo C. Stein

The non-linear dynamics of General Relativity leave their imprint on remnants of black hole mergers in the form of a recoil ``kick''. The kick has profound astrophysical implications across the black hole mass range from stellar to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-19 Shobhit Ranjan , Karan Jani , Alexander H. Nitz , Kelly Holley-Bockelmann , Curt Cutler

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

Binary black holes emit gravitational radiation with net linear momentum leading to a retreat of the final remnant black hole that can reach up to $\sim5,000$ km/s. Full numerical relativity simulations are the only tool to accurately…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-27 Carlos O. Lousto , James Healy

Asymmetric emission of gravitational waves during a compact binary coalescence results in the loss of linear momentum and a corresponding "kick" or recoil on the binary's center of mass. This leads to a direction-dependent Doppler shift of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-17 Parthapratim Mahapatra , Marc Favata , K. G. Arun

Recoil ``kicks'' induced by gravitational radiation are expected in the inspiral and merger of black holes. Recently the numerical relativity community has begun to measure the significant kicks found when both unequal masses and spins are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Dae-Il Choi , Bernard J. Kelly , William D. Boggs , John G. Baker , Joan Centrella , James van Meter

Precession in black-hole binaries is caused by a misalignment between the total spin and the orbital angular momentum. The gravitational-wave emission of such systems is anisotropic, which leads to an asymmetry in the $\pm m$ multipoles…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-26 Jannik Mielke , Shrobana Ghosh , Angela Borchers , Frank Ohme

During the inspiral and merger of black holes, the interaction of gravitational wave multipoles carries linear momentum away, thereby providing an astrophysically important recoil, or "kick" to the system and to the final black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-13 Richard H. Price , Gaurav Khanna , Scott A. Hughes

The inspiral and merger of two orbiting black holes is among the most promising sources for the first (hopefully imminent) direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs), and measurements of these signals could provide a wealth of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-18 Mark Hannam

The inspiral and merger of binary black holes will likely involve black holes with both unequal masses and arbitrary spins. The gravitational radiation emitted by these binaries will carry angular as well as linear momentum. A net flux of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Frank Herrmann , Ian Hinder , Deirdre Shoemaker , Pablo Laguna , Richard A. Matzner

Recent breakthroughs in the field of numerical relativity have led to dramatic progress in understanding the predictions of General Relativity for the dynamical interactions of two black holes in the regime of very strong gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-18 Joan M. Centrella , John G. Baker , Bernard J. Kelly , James R. van Meter

The gravitational recoil or "kick" of a black hole formed from the merger of two orbiting black holes, and caused by the anisotropic emission of gravitational radiation, is an astrophysically important phenomenon. We combine (i) an earlier…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-01-28 Alexandre Le Tiec , Luc Blanchet , Clifford M. Will

Discovery of gravitational waves by LIGO team (Abbott et al. 2016) bring a new era for observation of black hole systems. These new observations will improve our knowledge on black holes and gravitational physics. In this study, we present…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-15 D. Koçak , K. Yakut

During the coalescence of binary black holes (BBHs), asymmetric gravitational wave (GW) emission imparts a kick velocity to the remnant black hole, affecting observed waveforms and parameter estimation. In this study, we investigate the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-22 Jie Wu , Mengfei Sun , Xianghe Ma , Xiaolin Liu , Jin Li , Zhoujian Cao

The generation of a large recoil velocity from the inspiral and merger of binary black holes represents one of the most exciting results of numerical-relativity calculations. While many aspects of this process have been investigated and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-06-29 Luciano Rezzolla , Rodrigo P. Macedo , José Luis Jaramillo
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