2000/01/31 by Alessandra Buonanno, Thibault Damour · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.62.064015
published as Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 064015 · 52 pages, 21 figures, ReVTex, epsfig; few misprints corrected
arxiv created 2000/05/31 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Combining recent techniques giving non-perturbative re-summed estimates of the damping and conservative parts of the two-body dynamics, we describe the transition between the adiabatic phase and the plunge, in coalescing binary black holes with comparable masses moving on quasi-circular orbits. We give initial dynamical data for numerical relativity investigations, with a fraction of an orbit left, and provide, for data analysis purposes, an estimate of the gravitational wave-form emitted throughout the inspiral, plunge and coalescence phases.