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Gravitational-Radiation Recoil and Runaway Black Holes
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In the nonspherical gravitational collapse of a stellar core to a black hole, linear momentum will in general be radiated with gravitational waves. As a result the black hole will recoil. Here we make a rough estimate of the possible recoil velocities by means of the linearized theory of gravitational waves extended to octopole order. Velocities ranging from small values for nearly up-down symmetrical collapse up to a few hundred kilometers per second for highly asymmetrical collapse may be possible. We also explore some likely consequences of black-hole recoil: breakup of a binary upon collapse of one of its components, runaway binaries with a black-hole component, detachment of the stellar envelope from the black hole formed by the collapsed stellar core, and escape of black holes from globular clusters and the Galaxy. Subject headings: binaries - black holes - collapsed - gravitation - relativity
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- Authors
- Bekenstein, J. D.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1973-07
- Volume
- 183
- Pages
- 657
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W2043655149
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- 276
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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