Astronomers find black holes created in mergers carry information about their ancestors
“We find that black holes that are born from the collision of other black holes carry information with them about the properties of their ancestors, including the ancestors’ spin as well as their mass,” Bartos says. “The key new focus of our research is the reconstruction of the spins of ancestral black holes, building on previous work that focused on the ancestors’ masses.”
June 18, 2024 at 02:43PM