Author(s): Davide Gerosa, Michael Kesden, Richard O’Shaughnessy, Antoine Klein, Emanuele Berti, Ulrich Sperhake, and Daniele Trifirò
Black hole binaries with oppositely aligned spins can be unstable. This instability allows significant spin precession prior to the merger producing detectable gravitational-wave signatures.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 141102] Published Fri Oct 02, 2015