Black hole “billiards” may explain strange aspects of 2019 black hole merger - Ars Technica

3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago
by Jennifer Ouellette
by Jennifer Ouellette
Simulations consistent with large masses, eccentric orbits, tilted spin axes of GW190521.
Enlarge/ Illustration of a swarm of smaller black holes in a gas disk rotating around a giant black hole. 42 with 21 posters participating In 2019, the LIGO/VIRGO collaboration picked up a gravitat… [+2915 chars]
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