The characteristic treatment of black holes

dc.creatorWinicour, Jeffrey
dc.date1999-11-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:08:48Z
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dc.descriptionThe characteristic initial value problem has been implemented as a robust computational algorithm (the PITT NULL CODE), with direct application to binary black holes. The event horizon can be analyzed by characteristic techniques as a stand-alone object using an analytic conformal model which gives new insight into the intrinsic geometry of binary black holes. When applied to a non-axisymmetric horizon, the model reveals substantially new features. Colliding black holes generically go through a toroidal phase before they become spherical. The conformal structure of the horizon supplies part of the data for a simulation of the exterior space-time and calculation of the post-merger waveforms from a binary black hole inspiral.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9911106
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9911106
dc.identifierProg.Theor.Phys.Suppl.136:57-71,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1143/PTPS.136.57
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/190262
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleThe characteristic treatment of black holes
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