Star clusters around recoiled black holes in the Milky Way halo

2008/09/30 by Ryan M. O’Leary, Ryan M. O'Leary, Abraham Loeb
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Black hole (networking) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Halo #Milky Way #Physics #Star (game theory) #Star cluster #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14611.x

7 Pages, 2 Figures. Discussion/references expanded. MNRAS accepted, in press

arxiv created 2009/04/01 · openalex publication_date 2009/04/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

During the final coalescence of two black holes (BHs), gravitational waves (GWs) are emitted unisotropically and carry away linear momentum, thus kicking the merger BH

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