Unequal mass binary black hole plunges and gravitational recoil

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Herrmann, Frank ^a   Hinder, Ian ^a   Shoemaker, Deirdre ^a   Laguna, Pablo ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34250001163     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/24/12/S04     Document Type: Article

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