Modeling gravitational recoil from black-hole binaries using numerical relativity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Zlochower, Yosef ^a   Campanelli, Manuela ^a   Lousto, Carlos O ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79957458112     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/28/11/114015     Document Type: Article

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