Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2009-07-07
Phys.Rev.Lett.103:131102,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Rearranged results section; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.131102
We study the collision of two highly boosted equal mass, nonrotating black holes with generic impact parameter. We find such systems to exhibit zoom-whirl behavior when fine tuning the impact parameter. Near the threshold of immediate merger the remnant black hole Kerr parameter can be near maximal (a/M about 0.95) and the radiated energy can be as large as 35% of the center-of-mass energy.
Berti Emanuele
Cardoso Vitor
Hinderer Tanja
Pretorius Frans
Sperhake Uli
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