Black-hole binaries, gravitational waves, and numerical relativity
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Publication:2900979
DOI10.1103/REVMODPHYS.82.3069zbMATH Open1243.83009arXiv1010.5260OpenAlexW2096804551WikidataQ68996050 ScholiaQ68996050MaRDI QIDQ2900979FDOQ2900979
Authors: Joan Centrella, John G. Baker, Bernard J. Kelly, James R. van Meter 
Publication date: 27 July 2012
Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Understanding the predictions of general relativity for the dynamical interactions of two black holes has been a long-standing unsolved problem in theoretical physics. Black-hole mergers are monumental astrophysical events, releasing tremendous amounts of energy in the form of gravitational radiation, and are key sources for both ground- and space-based gravitational-wave detectors. The black-hole merger dynamics and the resulting gravitational waveforms can only be calculated through numerical simulations of Einstein's equations of general relativity. For many years, numerical relativists attempting to model these mergers encountered a host of problems, causing their codes to crash after just a fraction of a binary orbit could be simulated. Recently, however, a series of dramatic advances in numerical relativity has allowed stable, robust black-hole merger simulations. This remarkable progress in the rapidly maturing field of numerical relativity, and the new understanding of black-hole binary dynamics that is emerging is chronicled. Important applications of these fundamental physics results to astrophysics, to gravitational-wave astronomy, and in other areas are also discussed.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5260
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Black holes (83C57) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)
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