07 Nov 2003 Gravitational Wave Phenomenology Workshop 1 Numerical Relativity Deirdre Shoemaker Cornell Universi The role of numerical relativity in gravitational-wave astrophysics Status of Binary Black Hole (BBH) simulations In the absence of a complete solution to the BBH problem, what can we do today? – Introduce approximations • Sequences of quasi-circular orbits • Lazarus approach to BBH mergers – Extract info from single BH evolutions • The spectrum of highly distorted black-holes Open Questions
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07 Nov 2003 Gravitational Wave Phenomenology Workshop 1
Numerical Relativity
Deirdre Shoemaker Cornell University
The role of numerical relativity in gravitational-wave astrophysics
Status of Binary Black Hole (BBH) simulations
In the absence of a complete solution to the BBH problem, what can we do today?– Introduce approximations
• Sequences of quasi-circular orbits • Lazarus approach to BBH mergers
– Extract info from single BH evolutions• The spectrum of highly distorted black-holes
Open Questions
07 Nov 2003 Gravitational Wave Phenomenology Workshop 2