Black hole puncture initial data with realistic gravitational wave content

dc.creatorKelly, Bernard J
dc.creatorTichy, Wolfgang
dc.creatorCampanelli, Manuela
dc.creatorWhiting, Bernard F
dc.date2007-04-04
dc.date2007-08-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:20:09Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:20:09Z
dc.descriptionWe present improved post-Newtonian-inspired initial data for non-spinning black-hole binaries, suitable for numerical evolution with punctures. We revisit the work of Tichy et al. [W. Tichy, B. Bruegmann, M. Campanelli, and P. Diener, Phys. Rev. D 67, 064008 (2003)], explicitly calculating the remaining integral terms. These terms improve accuracy in the far zone and, for the first time, include realistic gravitational waves in the initial data. We investigate the behavior of these data both at the center of mass and in the far zone, demonstrating agreement of the transverse-traceless parts of the new metric with quadrupole-approximation waveforms. These data can be used for numerical evolutions, enabling a direct connection between the merger waveforms and the post-Newtonian inspiral waveforms.
dc.description13 pages, 7 figures; replaced with published version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0628
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0628
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:024008,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.024008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193873
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleBlack hole puncture initial data with realistic gravitational wave content
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