Evolution of binary black-hole spacetimes.
@article{Pretorius2005EvolutionOB, title={Evolution of binary black-hole spacetimes.}, author={Frans Pretorius}, journal={Physical review letters}, year={2005}, volume={95 12}, pages={ 121101 } }
We describe early success in the evolution of binary black-hole spacetimes with a numerical code based on a generalization of harmonic coordinates. Indications are that with sufficient resolution this scheme is capable of evolving binary systems for enough time to extract information about the orbit, merger, and gravitational waves emitted during the event. As an example we show results from the evolution of a binary composed of two equal mass, nonspinning black holes, through a single plunge…
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