Black-hole binary simulations: The mass ratio 10:1
Abstract
We present the first numerical simulations of an initially nonspinning black-hole binary with mass ratio as large as 10:1 in full general relativity. The binary completes approximately three orbits prior to merger and radiates (0.415±0.017)% of the total energy and (12.48±0.62)% of the initial angular momentum in the form of gravitational waves. The single black hole resulting from the merger acquires a kick of (66.7±3.3) km/s relative to the original center of mass frame. The resulting gravitational waveforms are used to validate existing formulas for the recoil, final spin, and radiated energy over a wider range of the symmetric mass ratio parameter eta=M1M2/(M1+M2)^2 than previously possible. The contributions of [script-l]>2 multipoles are found to visibly influence the gravitational wave signal obtained at fixed inclination angles.
Additional Information
©2009 The American Physical Society. Received 24 November 2008; published 5 June 2009. It is a pleasure to thank Emanuele Berti, Vitor Cardoso, Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, and Doreen Müller for discussions. This work was supported in part by DFG Grant No. SFB/Transregio 7 "Gravitational Wave Astronomy," the DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt), by grants from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to Caltech, by NSF Grant No. PHY-0601459, No. PHY-0652995 and No. PHY-090003, by grant CIC 4.23 to Universidad Michoacana, PROMEP UMICH-PTC-210 and UMICHCA-22 from SEP México and CONACyT Grant No. 79601. Computations were performed on the HLRB2 at LRZ Munich. We acknowledge support from the ILIAS Sixth Framework programme. 04.25.D- Numerical relativity 04.25.dg Numerical studies of black holes and black-hole binaries 04.30.Db Gravitational wave generation and sourcesAttached Files
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- SFB/Transregio 7 "Gravitational Wave Astronomy"
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt
- Sherman Fairchild Foundation
- PHY-0601459
- NSF
- PHY-0652995
- NSF
- PHY-090003
- NSF
- CIC 4.23
- SEP México
- PROMEP UMICH-PTC-210
- SEP México
- UMICHCA-22
- SEP México
- 79601
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
- European Commission
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