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dc.contributor.authorBlanchet, Luc-
dc.contributor.authorQusailah, M.S.S.-
dc.contributor.authorWill, C.M.-
dc.date.accessioned2007-04-04T10:06:15Z-
dc.date.available2007-04-04T10:06:15Z-
dc.date.issued2005-12-10-
dc.identifier.citationAstrophysical Journal, 2005, Vol.635, p508-515en
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X-
dc.identifier.issn1538-4357 (online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/2234-
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dc.description.abstractThe loss of linear momentum by gravitational radiation and the resulting gravitational recoil of black hole binary systems may play an important role in the growth of massive black holes in early galaxies. We calculate the gravitational recoil of nonspinning black hole binaries at the second post-Newtonian order (2 PN) beyond the dominant effect, obtaining, for the first time, the 1.5 PN correction term due to tails of waves and the next 2 PN term. We find that the maximum value of the net recoil experienced by the binary due to the inspiral phase up to the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) is of the order of 22 km s-1. We then estimate the kick velocity accumulated during the plunge from the ISCO up to the horizon by integrating the momentum flux using the 2 PN formula along a plunge geodesic of the Schwarzschild metric. We find that the contribution of the plunge dominates over that of the inspiral. For a mass ratio m2/m1=1/8, we estimate a total recoil velocity (due to both adiabatic and plunge phases) of 100+/-20 km s-1. For a ratio of 0.38, the recoil is maximum, and we estimate it to be 250+/-50 km s-1. In the limit of small mass ratio, we estimate V/c~0.043(+/-20%)(m2/m1)2. Our estimates are consistent with, but span a substantially narrower range than, those of Favata and coworkers.en
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dc.publisherThe University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...635..508Ben
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/497332en
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507692en
dc.rights2005 American Astronomical Societyen
dc.subjectStars: Binaries: Closeen
dc.subjectBlack Hole Physicsen
dc.subjectGravitational Wavesen
dc.subjectRelativityen
dc.titleGravitational recoil of inspiraling black hole binaries to second post-Newtonian orderen
dc.typeArticleen
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