Solving Einstein's Equations for Binary Black Hole Spacetimes
Solving Einstein's Equations for Binary Black Hole Spacetimes
Solving Einstein's Equations for Binary Black Hole Spacetimes
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High Spin Evolutions<br />
Lovelace, Scheel, & Szilágyi (2010) use high spin con<strong>for</strong>mal initial<br />
data from superimposed boosted Kerr-Schild black holes.<br />
Spins χ ≈ 0.95<br />
anti-aligned<br />
with orbital<br />
angular<br />
momentum.<br />
Evolve through<br />
12.5 orbits,<br />
merger, and<br />
ringdown.<br />
High accuracy<br />
gravitational<br />
wave<strong>for</strong>m<br />
extracted.<br />
y<br />
r h / M<br />
5<br />
0<br />
-5<br />
0.4<br />
0.2<br />
0<br />
-5 0 5<br />
x<br />
0.4<br />
0.2<br />
-0.2<br />
-0.4<br />
3800 3900<br />
-0.2<br />
-0.4<br />
0 1000 2000<br />
t / M<br />
3000 4000<br />
0<br />
Lee Lindblom (Caltech) <strong>Binary</strong> <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Hole</strong>s UW Milwaukee 10/14/2011 30 / 32
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