Three-dimensional initial data for the collision of two black holes II: Quasi-circular orbits for equal-mass black holes

Abstract

The construction of initial-data sets representing binary black-hole configurations in quasi-circular orbits is studied in the context of the conformal-imaging formalism. An effective-potential approach for locating quasi-circular orbits is outlined for the general case of two holes of arbitrary size and with arbitrary spins. Such orbits are explicitly determined for the case of two equal-sized nonrotating holes, and the innermost stable quasi-circular orbit is located. The characteristics of this innermost orbit are compared to previous estimates for it, and the entire sequence of quasi-circular orbits is compared to results from the post-Newtonian approximation. Some aspects of the numerical evolution of such data sets are explored.

9 pages (RevTex 3.0 with 5 uuencoded figures), CRSR-1068

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