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Gravitational Recoil of Inspiraling Black Hole Binaries to Second Post‐Newtonian Order
The loss of linear momentum by gravitational radiation and the resulting gravitational recoil of black hole binary systems may play an important role in the growth of massive black holes in early galaxies. We calculate the gravitational recoil of nonspinning black hole binaries at the second post-Newtonian order (2 PN) …