Last orbits of binary black holes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-07 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
Binary black hole systems in the pre-coalescence stage are numerically constructed by demanding that the associated spacetime admits a helical Killing vector. Comparison with third order post-Newtonian calculations indicates a rather good agreement until the innermost stable circular orbit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0205008,
title = {Last orbits of binary black holes},
author = {Eric Gourgoulhon and Philippe Grandclement and Silvano Bonazzola},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0205008},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, invited talk at Journees Relativistes 2001, to appear in International Journal of Modern Physics A