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gr-qc2008★ 89 cited
Superkicks in Hyperbolic Encounters of Binary Black Holes
James Healy, Frank Herrmann, Ian Hinder +3
Generic inspirals and mergers of binary black holes produce beamed emission of gravitational radiation that can lead to a gravitational recoil or kick of the final black hole. The…
gr-qc2008★ 25 cited
Binary Black Hole Encounters, Gravitational Bursts and Maximum Final Spin
M. C. Washik, J. Healy, F. Herrmann +4
The spin of the final black hole in the coalescence of nonspinning black holes is determined by the ``residual'' orbital angular momentum of the binary. This residual momentum cons…