Progress in modeling of black hole binaries

ORAL

Abstract

Frontiers of numerical studies of black hole binaries include large mass ratios, analysis of gravitational waveform-dependence on spin and comparison with analytic models, qualitatively new effects of large precession, precise calculation of spin, general analytic fitting of radiative recoil, and modeling of accreting matter. Results of simulations pertinent to these areas are presented, as well as some discussion of relevant numerical methods.

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Authors

  • James van Meter

    NASA/GSFC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • John Baker

    NASA/GSFC, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • William Boggs

    NASA/GSFC

  • Joan Centrella

    NASA/GSFC

  • Bernard Kelly

    NASA/GSFC, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Sean McWilliams

    NASA/GSFC, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center