Summary of GR18 Numerical Relativity parallel sessions (B1/B2 and B2), Sydney, 8-13 July 2007

dc.creatorGundlach, Carsten
dc.date2007-11-14
dc.date2008-01-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:38:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:38:43Z
dc.descriptionThe numerical relativity session at GR18 was dominated by physics results on binary black hole mergers. Several groups can now simulate these from a time when the post-Newtonian equations of motion are still applicable, through several orbits and the merger to the ringdown phase, obtaining plausible gravitational waves at infinity, and showing some evidence of convergence with resolution. The results of different groups roughly agree. This new-won confidence has been used by these groups to begin mapping out the (finite-dimensional) initial data space of the problem, with a particular focus on the effect of black hole spins, and the acceleration by gravitational wave recoil to hundreds of km/s of the final merged black hole. Other work was presented on a variety of topics, such as evolutions with matter, extreme mass ratio inspirals, and technical issues such as gauge choices.
dc.descriptionReferences updated, to be published in CQG
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2170
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2170
dc.identifierClass.Quant.Grav.25:114019,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114019
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199664
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleSummary of GR18 Numerical Relativity parallel sessions (B1/B2 and B2), Sydney, 8-13 July 2007
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