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Zoom-Whirl Orbits in Black Hole Binaries

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Zoom-whirl behavior has the reputation of being a rare phenomenon. The concern has been that gravitational radiation would drain angular momentum so rapidly that generic orbits would circularize before zoom-whirl behavior could play out, and only rare highly tuned orbits would retain their imprint. Using full numerical relativity, we catch zoom-whirl behavior despite dissipation. The larger the mass ratio, the longer the pair can spend in orbit before merging and therefore the more zooms and whirls seen. Larger spins also enhance zoom-whirliness. An important implication is that these eccentric orbits can merge during a whirl phase, before enough angular momentum has been lost to truly circularize the orbit. Waveforms will be modulated by the harmonics of zoom-whirls, showing quiet phases during zooms and louder glitches during whirls.

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Spin-up and mass-gain in hyperbolic encounters of spinning black holes

gr-qc · 2025-10-31 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Numerical relativity simulations of equal-mass black holes with initial spins from -0.7 to 0.7 in hyperbolic encounters find maximum spin-up of 0.3 and mass increase of 15%, with spin-up decreasing linearly with initial spin at the threshold angle.

Gravitational waveforms from periodic orbits around a novel regular black hole

gr-qc · 2025-09-27 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Numerical study finds that a deviation parameter in a regular black hole with Minkowski core produces phase shifts and amplitude changes in kludge waveforms from periodic orbits, making them distinguishable from Schwarzschild for larger deviations and certain orbit types.

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