Shape of Remnant Black Hole after a Black Hole Collision (IMAGE)

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery

Shape of Remnant Black Hole after a Black Hole Collision

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Fig. 2. Detail of the shape of the remnant black hole after a black hole collision, with a 'chestnut shape'. Regions of strong gravitational-wave emission (in yellow) cluster near its cusp. This black hole spins making the cusp point to all observers around it.

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C. Evans, J. Calderón Bustillo

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