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Initial data for black hole collisions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-12-07 v1

Abstract

I describe the construction of initial data for the Einstein vacuum equations that can represent a collision of two black holes. I stress in the main physical ideas.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0212039,
  title  = {Initial data for black hole collisions},
  author = {S. Dain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0212039},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting Gravitation and Cosmology ERE - 2002; isbn: 9788447527380