Browsing by Author "Gerosa, D"

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  • On the equal-mass limit of precessing black-hole binaries 

    Gerosa, D; Sperhake, Ulrich; Vošmera, J (Institute of PhysicsClassical and Quantum Gravity, 2017-03-23)
    We analyze the inspiral dynamics of equal-mass precessing black-hole binaries using multi-timescale techniques. The orbit-averaged post-Newtonian evolutionary equations admit two constants of motion in the equal-mass limit, ...

  • Spin alignment and differential accretion in merging black-hole binaries 

    Gerosa, D; Veronesi, B; Lodato, G; Rosotti, Giovanni Pietro (Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015-06-29)
    Interactions between a supermassive black-hole binary and the surrounding accretion disc can both assist the binary inspiral and align the black-hole spins to the disc angular momentum. While binary migration is due to ...