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Summary of sessions B1/B2 and B2: relativistic astrophysics and numerical relativity

Summary of sessions B1/B2 and B2: relativistic astrophysics and numerical relativity
Summary of sessions B1/B2 and B2: relativistic astrophysics and numerical relativity
The 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?1 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.
0264-9381
Gundlach, Carsten
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Gundlach, Carsten
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Gundlach, Carsten (2008) Summary of sessions B1/B2 and B2: relativistic astrophysics and numerical relativity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 (11). (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114019).

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The 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?1 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.

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Published date: 15 May 2008

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Local EPrints ID: 144869
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/144869
ISSN: 0264-9381
PURE UUID: fd8cb3d4-0873-475b-85ab-92e2a1f0bcbd
ORCID for Carsten Gundlach: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9585-5375

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