Formation of a rotating hole from a close limit head-on collision

Abstract

Realistic black hole collisions result in a rapidly rotating Kerr hole, but simulations to date have focused on nonrotating final holes. Using a new solution of the Einstein initial value equations we present here waveforms and radiation for an axisymmetric Kerr-hole-forming collision starting from small initial separation (the ``close limit'' approximation) of two identical rotating holes. Several new features are present in the results: (i) In the limit of small separation, the waveform is linear (not quadratic) in the separation. (ii) The waveforms show damped oscillations mixing quasinormal ringing of different multipoles.

4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRL

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