A different way to evolve black hole-neutron star binaries

ORAL

Abstract

We give a status report on our simulations of comparable mass black hole-neutron star binaries. We evolve the full Einstein equations for the spacetime metric using multidomain pseudospectral methods, and we evolve the hydrodynamic variables using finite volume methods on a separate grid. Our two-grid approach allows us to model the inspiral with particular accuracy.

Authors

  • Matthew Duez

    Cornell University

  • Lawrence Kidder

    Cornell University

  • Saul Teukolsky

    Cornell University