Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2009-05-24
Phys.Rev.D81:081501,2010
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D Rapid Comm.
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.081501
We present results on the mass and spin of the final black hole from mergers of equal mass, spinning black holes. The study extends over a broad range of initial orbital configurations, from direct plunges to quasi-circular inspirals to more energetic orbits (generalizations of Newtonian elliptical orbits). It provides a comprehensive search of those configurations that maximize the final spin of the remnant black hole. We estimate that the final spin can reach a maximum spin $a/M_h \approx 0.99\pm 0.01$ for extremal black hole mergers. In addition, we find that, as one increases the orbital angular momentum from small values, the mergers produce black holes with mass and spin parameters $\lbrace M_h/M, a/M_h \rbrace$ ~spiraling around the values $\lbrace \hat M_h/M, \hat a/M_h \rbrace$ of a {\it golden} black hole. Specifically, $(M_h-\hat M_h)/M \propto e^{\pm B\,\phi}\cos{\phi}$ and $(a-\hat a)/M_h \propto e^{\pm C\,\phi}\sin{\phi}$, with $\phi$ a monotonically growing function of the initial orbital angular momentum. We find that the values of the parameters for the \emph{golden} black hole are those of the final black hole obtained from the merger of a binary with the corresponding spinning black holes in a quasi-circular inspiral.
Healy James
Laguna Pablo
Matzner Richard A.
Shoemaker Deirdre M.
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