2.5PN kick from black-hole binaries in circular orbit: Nonspinning case

Abstract

Using the Multipolar post-Minskowskian formalism, we compute the linear momentum flux from black-hole binaries in circular orbits and having no spins. The total linear momentum flux contains various types of instantaneous (which are functions of the retarded time) and hereditary (which depends on the dynamics of the binary in the past) terms both of which are analytically computed. In addition to the inspiral contribution, we use a simple model of plunge to compute the kick or recoil accumulated during this phase.

To appear in Proceedings of "Relativity and Gravitation - 100 Years after Einstein in Prague" Ed. J. Bicak (2013)

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