Snapshot from a general-relativistic, magnetohydrodynamic simulation showing the rest-mass density of a magnetized accretion disk surrounding an equal-mass black-hole binary.

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Binary Black-Hole Mergers in Magnetized Disks: Simulations in Full General Relativity
Brian D. Farris, Roman Gold, Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah B. Etienne, and Stuart L. Shapiro
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 221102 (2012)

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