Numerical modeling of black holes as sources of gravitational waves in a nutshell
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-02-26 v1
Abstract
These notes summarize basic concepts underlying numerical relativity and in particular the numerical modeling of black hole dynamics as a source of gravitational waves. Main topics are the 3+1 decomposition of general relativity, the concept of a well-posed initial value problem, the construction of initial data for general relativity, trapped surfaces and gravitational waves. Also, a brief summary is given of recent progress regarding the numerical evolution of black hole binary systems.
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@article{arxiv.0812.4395,
title = {Numerical modeling of black holes as sources of gravitational waves in a nutshell},
author = {Sascha Husa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.4395},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
28 pages, lectures given at winter school 'Conceptual and Numerical Challenges in Femto- and Peta-Scale Physics' in Schladming, Austria, 2007