82 citations · 211 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
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astro-ph2008★ 63 cited
Can binary mergers produce maximally spinning black holes?
Michael Kesden
Gravitational waves carry away both energy and angular momentum as binary black holes inspiral and merge. The relative efficiency with which they are radiated determines whether th…
astro-ph2007★ 66 cited
The spin expansion for binary black hole merger: new predictions and future directions
Latham Boyle, Michael Kesden
In a recent paper arXiv:0709.0299, we introduced a spin expansion that provides a simple yet powerful way to understand aspects of binary black hole (BBH) merger. This approach rel…
gr-qc2007★ 82 cited
Binary black hole merger: symmetry and the spin expansion
Latham Boyle, Michael Kesden, Samaya Nissanke
We regard binary black hole (BBH) merger as a map from a simple initial state (two Kerr black holes, with dimensionless spins {\bf a} and {\bf b}) to a simple final state (a Kerr b…