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We construct quasiequilibrium sequences of black hole-neutron star binaries in general relativity. We solve Einstein's constraint equations in the conformal thin-sandwich formalism, subject to black hole boundary conditions imposed on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Keisuke Taniguchi , Thomas W. Baumgarte , Joshua A. Faber , Stuart L. Shapiro

We construct quasiequilibrium sequences of black hole-neutron star binaries for arbitrary mass ratios by solving the constraint equations of general relativity in the conformal thin-sandwich decomposition. We model the neutron star as a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Keisuke Taniguchi , Thomas W. Baumgarte , Joshua A. Faber , Stuart L. Shapiro

When numerically solving Einstein's equations for binary black holes (BBH), we must find initial data on a three-dimensional spatial slice by solving constraint equations. The construction of initial data is a multi-step process, in which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-19 Iago B. Mendes , Nils L. Vu , Oliver Long , Harald P. Pfeiffer , Robert Owen

We discuss the initial value problem of general relativity in its recently unified Lagrangian and Hamiltonian pictures and present a multi-domain pseudo-spectral collocation method to solve the resulting coupled nonlinear partial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Harald P. Pfeiffer

We present approximate analytical solutions to the Hamiltonian and momentum constraint equations, corresponding to systems composed of two black holes with arbitrary linear and angular momentum. The analytical nature of these initial data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Marronetti , M. Huq , P. Laguna , L. Lehner , R. Matzner , D. Shoemaker , .

Boson stars, self-gravitating objects made of a complex scalar field, have been proposed as simple models for very different scenarios, ranging from galaxy dark matter to black hole mimickers. Here we focus on a very compact type of boson…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-14 Miguel Bezares , Carlos Palenzuela , Carles Bona

We present a new numerical method for the construction of quasiequilibrium models of black hole-neutron star binaries. We solve the constraint equations of general relativity, decomposed in the conformal thin-sandwich formalism, together…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Thomas W. Baumgarte , Monica L. Skoge , Stuart L. Shapiro

This study investigates the optical imaging characteristics of massive boson stars based on a model with Einstein's nonlinear electrodynamics. Under asymptotically flat boundary conditions, the field equations are solved numerically to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-23 Xiao-Xiong Zeng , Huan Ye , Ke-Jian He , Hao Yu

We perform a statistical analysis of the binary black hole problem in the post-Newtonian approximation by systematically sampling and evolving the parameter space of initial configurations for quasi-circular inspirals. Through a principal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-06 Chad R. Galley , Frank Herrmann , John Silberholz , Manuel Tiglio , Gustavo Guerberoff

We present an algorithm for solving the general relativistic initial value equations for a corotating polytropic star in quasicircular orbit with a nonspinning black hole. The algorithm is used to obtain initial data for cases where the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark Miller

We review particle-like configurations of complex scalar field, localized by gravity, so-called boson stars. In the simplest case, these solutions posses spherical symmetry, they may arise in the massive Einstein-Klein-Gordon theory with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-14 Yakov Shnir

The numerical modeling of binary neutron star mergers has become a subject of much interest in recent years. While a full and accurate model of this phenomenon would require the evolution of the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics along…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Douglas Swesty , Edward Y. M. Wang , Alan C. Calder

Black hole binaries on non-eccentric orbits form an important subclass of gravitational wave sources, but it is a non-trivial issue to construct numerical initial data with minimal initial eccentricity for numerical simulations. We compute…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-29 Benny Walther , Bernd Bruegmann , Doreen Mueller

Numerical results from a study of boson stars under nonspherical perturbations using a fully general relativistic 3D code are presented together with the analysis of emitted gravitational radiation. We have constructed a simulation code…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Jayashree Balakrishna , Ruxandra Bondarescu , Gregory Daues , F. Siddhartha Guzman , Edward Seidel

Gauged boson stars are exotic compact objects that can potentially mimic black holes or magnetized neutron stars in both their gravitational and electromagnetic signatures, offering a compelling new description or even an alternative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-13 Víctor Jaramillo , Darío Núñez , Milton Ruiz , Miguel Zilhão

We present a formalism for constructing quasi-equilibrium binary black hole initial data suitable for numerical evolution. We construct quasi-equilibrium models by imposing an approximate helical Killing symmetry appropriate for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Hwei-Jang Yo , James N. Cook , Stuart L. Shapiro , Thomas W. Baumgarte

We demonstrate Bayesian analyses of the complete gravitational-wave spectrum of binary neutron star mergers events with the next-generation detector Einstein Telescope. Our mock analyses are performed for 20 different signals using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Giulia Huez , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Matteo Breschi , Rossella Gamba

A complete formalism for constructing initial data representing black-hole binaries in quasi-equilibrium is developed. Radiation reaction prohibits, in general, true equilibrium binary configurations. However, when the timescale for orbital…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Gregory B. Cook

We present a numerical scheme that solves the initial value problem in full general relativity for a binary neutron star in quasi-equilibrium. While Newtonian gravity allows for a strict equilibrium, a relativistic binary system emits…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas W. Baumgarte , Stuart L. Shapiro , Gregory B. Cook , Mark A. Scheel , Saul A. Teukolsky

We present numerical simulations of binary neutron star mergers, comparing irrotational binaries to binaries of NSs rotating aligned to the orbital angular momentum. For the first time, we study spinning BNSs employing nuclear physics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-10 Wolfgang Kastaun , Filippo Galeazzi