BLACK HOLE MERGERS. “The present paper focuses on the second of these three phases. Consider a massive binary at the center of a galaxy. Five variables are needed to completely specify the shape and orientation of the binary’s orbit. The binary is assumed to interact with stars, causing changes in its orbital elements. In the simplest representation, the binary’s orbit would evolve smoothly and deterministically with respect to time.”
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