Plunge waveforms from inspiralling binary black holes

Abstract

We study the coalescence of non-spinning binary black holes from near the innermost stable circular orbit down to the final single rotating black hole. We use a technique that combines the full numerical approach to solve Einstein equations, applied in the truly non-linear regime, and linearized perturbation theory around the final distorted single black hole at later times. We compute the plunge waveforms which present a non negligible signal lasting for $t\sim 100M$ showing early non-linear ringing, and we obtain estimates for the total gravitational energy and angular momentum radiated.

Corrected typos in the radiated ang momentum and frequency

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