BLACK HOLE MERGERS STAGE (2). “When they are close enough together—roughly speaking, within their mutual spheres of gravitational influence—the two SBHs form a bound pair. Their two-body orbit continues to shrink due to exchange of energy and angular momentum with nearby matter: through gravitational slingshot interactions with stars or gravitational torques from gas.” (SBH = supermassive black hole).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022