We must apply conservation of relativistic 4-momentum, P^(mu)=[E_(t o t)/c,p] . Where p=gamma*mv is the relativistic spatial momentum.
P_i^(mu)=P_f^(mu)
P_(i,1)^(mu)+P_(i,2)^(mu)=P_f^(mu)
[E_(m,t o t)/c,gamma*mv]+[E_(m,t o t)/c,gamma*m(-v)]=[E_( t ot)/c,0]
Notice the first two black holes have the same momentum but are traveling in the opposite direction. The final black hole has no spatial momentum. Setting the spatial components equal to each other is redundant, so set the zeroth energy components equal to each other.
E_(m,t o t)/c+E_(m,t o t)/c=E_(t o t)/c
2E_(m,t o t)=E_(t o t)
We can use the equation:
E_(m,t o t)=gamma*mc^2
Where gamma is the lorentz factor, for the initial black holes it is:
gamma=1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)=1/sqrt(1-(0.8c)^2/c^2)
gamma=5/3
gamma=1 when the object is at rest.
2E_(m,t o t)=E_(t o t)
2gamma*mc^2=Mc^2
Where M is the mass of the final black hole.
2gamma*m=M
Then the final mass of the black hole M is equal to:
M=2gamma*m=2(5/3)(10M_s)~~33.3M_s
This is not merely the sum of the initial two masses. A huge amount of kinetic energy was converted into the final mass and therefore relativity was essential in in the treatment of this problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_factor
Monday, May 22, 2017
Two black holes of mass m=10M_s are traveling at 80% the speed of light and collide head on and merge into a new black hole. If M_s is the mass of our sun, what is the mass of the black hole?
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