NWU: Dense Star Clusters are Binary Black Hole Factories

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NWU: Dense Star Clusters are Binary Black Hole Factories

Post by bystander » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:27 am

Dense Star Clusters Shown as Binary Black Hole Factories
Northwestern University | 2015 July 29

Synopsis: Study predicts observatories to detect more merging black holes than previously thought. New observatories poised to directly detect -- for the first time -- gravitational waves predicted by Einstein. Merging black holes can’t be seen, but they can be ‘heard’ through gravitational waves. Detecting gravitational waves will open a new window into the universe. ...

Binary Black Hole Mergers from Globular Clusters: Implications for Advanced LIGO - Carl L. Rodriguez et al
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