Binary black hole - Wikipedia
WEBA binary black hole (BBH), or black hole binary, is a system consisting of two black holes in close orbit around each other.
New NASA Visualization Probes the Light-bending Dance of Binary Black Holes
WEBApr 15, 2021 · A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in a new NASA visualization. The movie traces how the black holes distort and redirect light emanating from the maelstrom of hot gas – called an accretion disk – that surrounds each one.
NASA Visualization Probes the Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
WEBApr 15, 2021 · In this visualization, available in HD and 4K, a binary system containing two supermassive black holes and their accretion disks is initially viewed from above. After about 25 seconds, the camera tips close to the orbital plane to reveal the most dramatic distortions produced by their gravity.
Exploring the Black Hole Population with an Open Mind
WEBApr 8, 2024 · In the absence of these models, a common approach has been to fit the binary black hole population with simple, phenomenological models. Guided by theoretical predictions, gravitational-wave data analysts propose various features expected to describe the black hole population.
Binary Black Hole Mergers: Formation and Populations
WEBJul 8, 2020 · We review the main physical processes that lead to the formation of stellar binary black holes (BBHs) and to their merger. BBHs can form from the isolated evolution of massive binary stars.
General-relativistic precession in a black-hole binary | Nature
WEBOct 12, 2022 · Nature - Analysis of a gravitational-wave signal reveals a strongly precessing black-hole binary that contains a rapidly spinning black hole.
Study: Without more data, a black hole’s origins can be “spun” in …
WEBDec 9, 2022 · If a binary’s black holes have randomly oriented spins, they likely formed in a globular cluster. But what fraction of binaries form through one channel versus the other? The answer, astronomers believe, should lie in data, and particularly, measurements of black hole spins.
Post-merger chirps from binary black holes as probes of the
WEBOct 8, 2020 · The merger of a binary black hole gives birth to a highly distorted final black hole. The gravitational radiation emitted as this black hole relaxes presents us with the unique opportunity...
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30
WEBJun 29, 2023 · We consider the impact that fully self-consistent, detailed stellar-structure and binary-evolution calculations have on the population synthesis of black-hole binaries at solar metallicity.
APOD: 2021 April 16 - The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
WEBExplanation: Light rays from accretion disks around a pair of orbiting supermassive black holes make their way through the warped space-time produced by extreme gravity in this stunning computer visualization.
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