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Figure 14
Figure 14: Total energy radiated in GWs (left panel) and final dimensionless spin of the merged BH (right panel) as a function of impact parameter b for the same grazing collisions with γ = 1.520. The vertical dashed (green) and dash-dotted (red) lines mark b∗ and bscat, respectively. Image reproduced with permission from [720], copyright by APS.