Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Amount

$170,000.00

Award Date

8/17/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

When a small black hole orbits a much larger one, it emits gravitational waves and slowly spirals inward. This effort focuses on the rate of inspiral of such systems and related features which are imprinted into the gravitational waves. Careful theoretica