The numerical relativity breakthrough for binary black holes

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/12/124011zbMATH Open1328.83017arXiv1411.3997OpenAlexW3101797229MaRDI QIDQ5264448FDOQ5264448

Ulrich Sperhake

Publication date: 27 July 2015

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The evolution of black-hole binaries in vacuum spacetimes constitutes the two-body problem in general relativity. The solution of this problem in the framework of the Einstein field equations is a substantially more complex exercise than that of the dynamics of two point masses in Newtonian gravity, but it also presents us with a wealth of new exciting physics. Numerical methods are likely the only method to compute the dynamics of black-hole systems in the fully non-linear regime and have been pursued since the 1960s, culminating in dramatic breakthroughs in 2005. Here we review the methodology and the developments that finally gave us a solution of this fundamental problem of Einstein's theory and discuss the breakthrough's implication for the wide range of contemporary black-hole physics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.3997

zbMATH Keywords

black holesnumerical relativitygravitaional waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Black holes (83C57) Gravitational waves (83C35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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