Collision of boosted black holes

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John Baker · Pennsylvania State University

Andrew M. Abrahams · National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Peter Anninos · National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Steven R. Brandt · National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Richard H. Price · University of Utah

Jorge Pullin · Pennsylvania State University

Edward Seidel

Abstract

We study the radiation from a collision of black holes with equal and opposite linear momenta. Results are presented from a full numerical relativity treatment and are compared with the results from a ``close-slow'' approximation. The agreement is remarkable, and suggests several insights about the generation of gravitational radiation in black hole collisions.

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Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

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Published in: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 829-834

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.55.829

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Collision of boosted black holes

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