We provide a compact analytic formula to compute the spin of the black hole produced by the coalescence of two black holes. The expression, which uses an analytic fit of numerical-relativity data and relies on four assumptions, aims at modelling generic initial spin configurations and mass ratios. A comparison with numerical-relativity simulations already shows very accurate agreements with all of the numerical data available to date, but we also suggest a number of ways in which our predictions can be further improved.

Final spin from the coalescence of two black holes / Rezzolla, L.; Barausse, E.; Dorband, E. N.; Pollney, D.; Reisswig, C.; Seiler, J.; Husa, S.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 78:4(2008), pp. 1-6. [10.1103/PhysRevD.78.044002]

Final spin from the coalescence of two black holes

Barausse, E.;
2008-01-01

Abstract

We provide a compact analytic formula to compute the spin of the black hole produced by the coalescence of two black holes. The expression, which uses an analytic fit of numerical-relativity data and relies on four assumptions, aims at modelling generic initial spin configurations and mass ratios. A comparison with numerical-relativity simulations already shows very accurate agreements with all of the numerical data available to date, but we also suggest a number of ways in which our predictions can be further improved.
2008
78
4
1
6
044002
https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.044002
https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3541
Rezzolla, L.; Barausse, E.; Dorband, E. N.; Pollney, D.; Reisswig, C.; Seiler, J.; Husa, S.
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