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Rapidly-rotating black-hole spacetimes outside general relativity are key to many tests of Einstein's theory. We here develop an efficient spectral method to represent such spacetimes analytically, in closed-form, and to high accuracy, in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-21 Kelvin Ka-Ho Lam , Adrian Ka-Wai Chung , Nicolás Yunes

We have developed a numerical code to study the evolution of self-gravitating matter in dynamic black hole axisymmetric spacetimes in general relativity. The matter fields are evolved with a high-resolution shock-capturing scheme that uses…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Brandt , J. A. Font , J. M. Ibanez , J. Masso , E. Seidel

We developed a numerical code which evolves the semiclassical Einstein's equation (with the quantum stress-energy contribution added as a source term) for the spherically symmetric metric inside an evaporating semiclassical charged black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-15 Gil Arad

It is expected that the realization of a convergent and long-term stable numerical code for the simulation of a black hole inspiral collision will depend greatly upon the construction of stable algorithms capable of handling smooth and,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Gioel Calabrese , David Neilsen

It was recently shown that spacetime singularities in numerical relativity could be avoided by excising a region inside the apparent horizon in numerical evolutions. In this paper we report on the details of the implementation of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Peter Anninos , Greg Daues , Joan Masso , Edward Seidel , Wai-Mo Suen

In this paper, we present static and spherically symmetric vacuum solutions to the mass-dimension $d\leq 4$ action of an effective-field theory, choosing the diffeomorphism symmetry to be broken explicitly. By using the reduced-action…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-09 Samy Aoulad Lafkih , Nils A. Nilsson , Marie-Christine Angonin , Christophe Le Poncin-Lafitte

Initial data corresponding to spacetimes containing black holes are considered in the time symmetric case. The solutions are obtained by matching across the apparent horizon different, conformally flat, spatial metrics. The exterior metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Arbona , C. Bona , J. Carot , L. Mas , J. Masso , J. Stela

This is the first of a series of papers describing a numerical implementation of the conformally rescaled Einstein equation, an implementation designed to calculate asymptotically flat spacetimes, especially spacetimes containing black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Peter Huebner

Over the past three decades, black holes have played an important role in quantum gravity, mathematical physics, numerical relativity and gravitational wave phenomenology. However, conceptual settings and mathematical models used to discuss…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Abhay Ashtekar , Badri Krishnan

The nonlinear behavior of higher dimensional black hole spacetimes is of interest in several contexts, ranging from an understanding of cosmic censorship to black hole production in high-energy collisions. However, nonlinear numerical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-15 Helvi Witek , Hirotada Okawa , Vitor Cardoso , Leonardo Gualtieri , Carlos Herdeiro , Masaru Shibata , Ulrich Sperhake , Miguel Zilhao

We have developed a powerful and efficient method for locating the event horizon of a black hole spacetime, making possible the study of the dynamics of event horizons in numerical relativity. We describe the method and apply it to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Anninos , David Bernstein , Steven Brandt , Joan Masso , Edward Seidel , Larry Smarr , Wai-Mo Suen , Paul Walker

In an attempt to simulate black hole echoes (generated by potential quantum-gravitational structure) in numerical relativity, we recently described how to implement a reflecting boundary outside of the horizon of a black hole in spherical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-05 Conner Dailey , Erik Schnetter , Niayesh Afshordi

We study physical properties and global structures of a time-dependent, spherically symmetric solution obtained via the dimensional reduction of intersecting M-branes. We find that the spacetime describes a maximally charged black hole…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 Kei-ichi Maeda , Masato Nozawa

We present an investigation of quantum-corrected black hole spacetimes coupled with clouds of strings, examining two distinct theoretical models that incorporate quantum gravitational effects through different implementations of correction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-30 Faizuddin Ahmed , Ahmad Al-Badaw , Orhan Donmez , Izzet Sakalli , Saeed Noori Gashti , Behnam Pourhassan , Fatih Dogan

By applying the method of moving frames modelling one and two dimensional local anisotropies we construct new solutions of Einstein equations on pseudo-Riemannian spacetimes. The first class of solutions describes non-trivial deformations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Sergiu I. Vacaru

The gauge polyvalence of a new numerical code is tested, both in harmonic-coordinate simulations (gauge-waves testbed) and in singularity-avoiding coordinates (simple Black-Hole simulations, either with or without shift). The code is built…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-02 Daniela Alic , Carles Bona , Carles Bona-Casas

We have developed a general method for finding apparent horizons in 3D numerical relativity. Instead of solving for the partial differential equation describing the location of the apparent horizons, we expand the closed 2D surfaces in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-15 P. Anninos , K. Camarda , J. Libson , J. Massó , E. Seidel , W. -M. Suen

The Kerr-Newman metric is the unique vacuum solution of the General Relativistic field equations, in which any singularities or spacetime pathologies are hidden behind horizons. They are believed to describe the spacetimes of massive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-21 Dimitrios Psaltis

We consider a system of black holes -- a simplest substitute of a system of point particles in the mechanics of general relativity -- and try to describe their motion with the help of entropic action: a sum of the areas of black hole…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Morozov

The head-on collision of two nonrotating axisymmetric equal mass black holes is treated numerically. We take as initial data the single parameter family of time-symmetric solutions discovered by Misner which consists of two Einstein-Rosen…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Peter Anninos , David Hobill , Edward Seidel , Larry Smarr , Wai-Mo Suen