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Zoom-Whirl Orbits in Black Hole Binaries
James Healy, Janna Levin, Deirdre Shoemaker
Zoom-whirl behavior has the reputation of being a rare phenomenon. The concern has been that gravitational radiation would drain angular momentum so rapidly that generic orbits wou…
Dynamics of Black Hole Pairs II: Spherical Orbits and the Homoclinic Limit of Zoom-Whirliness
Rebecca Grossman, Janna Levin
Spinning black hole pairs exhibit a range of complicated dynamical behaviors. An interest in eccentric and zoom-whirl orbits has ironically inspired the focus of this paper: the co…
Dynamics of Black Hole Pairs I: Periodic Tables
Janna Levin, Becky Grossman
Although the orbits of comparable mass, spinning black holes seem to defy simple decoding, we find a means to decipher all such orbits. The dynamics is complicated by extreme perih…
A Periodic Table for Black Hole Orbits
Janna Levin, Gabe Perez-Giz
Understanding the dynamics around rotating black holes is imperative to the success of the future gravitational wave observatories. Although integrable in principle, test particle…
Chaos and Order in Models of Black Hole Pairs
Janna Levin
Chaos in the orbits of black hole pairs has by now been confirmed by several independent groups. While the chaotic behavior of binary black hole orbits is no longer argued, it rema…
Gravitational Waves from Spinning Compact Binaries
Neil J. Cornish, Janna Levin
Binary systems of rapidly spinning compact objects, such as black holes or neutron stars, are prime targets for gravitational wave astronomers. The dynamics of these systems can be…