Energy and angular momentum radiated for non-head-on binary black hole collisions

2002/05/31 by Osvaldo M. Moreschi, Osvaldo Moreschi, Alejandro Perez +2 · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Angular momentum #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Binary black hole #Binary number #Black hole (networking) #Classical mechanics #Computer science #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Energy (signal processing) #Energy–momentum relation #Gravitational wave #Mathematics #Optics #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Radiation #Rotational energy #Total angular momentum quantum number #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.66.104017

published as Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 104017 · 9 pages, 2 figures

arxiv created 2002/09/17 · openalex publication_date 2002/11/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We investigate the possible total radiated energy produced by a binary black hole system containing nonvanishing total angular momentum. For the scenarios considered we find that the total radiated energy does not exceed 1%. Additionally we explore the gravitational radiation field and the variation of angular momentum in the process. After the formation of the final black hole, the model uses the Robinson-Trautman (RT) spacetimes as background. The evolution of perturbed RT geometries is carried out numerically.

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