Gravitational waveforms from equal mass binary black hole systems

ORAL

Abstract

Using recently developed techniques for evolving binary black hole systems we report on evolutions of black holes through orbits, merger, and subsequent ringdown. The evolutions show stability and accuracy such that we can report convergent waveforms and energy conservation. The influence of the initial data is evaluated, the dependency of the dynamics from the initial separation tested, and a heuristic waveform template presented.

Authors

  • Michael Koppitz

    NASA/GSFC

  • John Baker

  • Dae-Il Choi

    NASA/GSFC, USRA

  • Joan Centrella

  • James van Meter

    NASA / GSFC