Talk:Binary black hole

Final Parsec Problem

Its not actually clear what is being stated in this section. There is no mention of what the "final parsec problem" even is let alone a good explanation of it. After not explaining the problem it then tries to provide a possible solution to the problem with which the reader doesn't know what the question is that prompts the need for a solution. Someone please fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.36.10.247 (talk) 11:52, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

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It is interesting to note a sudden surge of interest in this article from 15 September 2015, after the LIGO detection. see http://stats.grok.se/en/201509/binary%20black%20hole. There was a peak of 479 views on the 17th. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 13:03, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

‘Ringing’

Article uses the word “ringing”. twice, with neither link nor definition. A layman (e.g., me) can guess what sort of thing this might be, by analogy, but that analogical guess might be completely wrong. Please could “ringing” be defined? JDAWiseman (talk) 16:29, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Indeed, much of the modelling section is not sufficiently clear. JDAWiseman (talk) 16:55, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I would really welcome more on ringdown. In particular, is ringdown hairy? JDAWiseman (talk) 11:26, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Binary black hole

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Reference named "Nature_11Feb16":

• From Gravitational wave observation: Castelvecchi, Davide; Witze, Alexandra (11 February 2016). "Einstein's gravitational waves found at last". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.19361. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
• From Black hole: Castelvecchi, Davide; Witze, Witze (11 February 2016). "Einstein's gravitational waves found at last". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.19361. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

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Translations

• inspiral (spiralling merger orbit; spiralling collision orbit): Greek: ενδέλιξη — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2149:889E:3000:BCA9:FE23:B968:CFFD (talk) 22:51, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

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