Solving the Initial Value Problem of two Black Holes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v3 Astrophysics
Abstract
We solve the elliptic equations associated with the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints, corresponding to a system composed of two black holes with arbitrary linear and angular momentum. These new solutions are based on a Kerr-Schild spacetime slicing which provides more physically realistic solutions than the initial data based on conformally flat metric/maximal slicing methods. The singularity/inner boundary problems are circumvented by a new technique that allows the use of an elliptic solver on a Cartesian grid where no points are excised, simplifying enormously the numerical problem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0009044,
title = {Solving the Initial Value Problem of two Black Holes},
author = {Pedro Marronetti and Richard A. Matzner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0009044},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures. Minor corrections, some points clarified, and one reference added. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett