Simulations and Dynamics of Compact Binaries II

Presentations

• Initial data construction for Cauchy-characteristic evolution

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Guido Da Re

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Guido Da Re

    • Caltech

  • Keefe Mitman

    • Cornell University

  • Leo C Stein

    • University of Mississippi

  • Mark A Scheel

    • Caltech

  • Saul A Teukolsky

    • Cornell University

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• Toward NRPyElliptic-Multipatch: Conformally Curved Binary Black Hole Initial Data for Next-Gen Numerical Relativity

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Zachariah B Etienne

    • University of Idaho

  Authors

  • Zachariah B Etienne

    • University of Idaho

  • Thiago Assumpcao

    • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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• Gaussian Process Acceleration of Eccentricity Reduction in Binary Black Hole Simulations

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Vittoria Tommasini

    • California Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Vittoria Tommasini

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Nils Leif Vu

    • Caltech

  • Mark A Scheel

    • Caltech

  • Saul Teukolsky

    • Caltech

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• Comparison of intrinsic parameters definitions across different NR codes

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Aniket Khairnar

    • University of Mississippi

  Authors

  • Aniket Khairnar

    • University of Mississippi

  • Leo C Stein

    • University of Mississippi

  • Keefe Mitman

    • Cornell University

  • Aasim Zahoor Jan

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Large mass-ratio binary mergers with Dendro-GR

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • William Kevin Black

    • Brigham Young University

  Authors

  • William Kevin Black

    • Brigham Young University

  • David W Neilsen

    • Brigham Young University

  • Eric Winston Hirschmann

    • Brigham Young University

  • Agustina Peck

    • Brigham Young University

  • Nate Garey

    • Brigham Young University

  • David Van Komen

    • University of Utah

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• High accuracy gravitational waveforms in SpEC and the dominant sources of errors

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Himanshu Chaudhary

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Himanshu Chaudhary

    • Caltech

  • Mark A Scheel

    • Caltech

  • Robert P Owen

    • Oberlin College

  • Saul A Teukolsky

    • Cornell University

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• Unveiling the electrodynamic nature of spacetime collisions

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 101401 (2025)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.15978

  Presenters

  • Jiaxi Wu

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Jiaxi Wu

    • Caltech

  • Elias Roland Most

    • Caltech

  • Siddharth Boyeneni

    • Caltech

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• Light rings and strong-field dynamics in binary black hole simulations

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Isabella G. Pretto

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Isabella G. Pretto

    • Caltech

  • Yanbei Chen

    • Caltech

  • Mark A Scheel

    • Caltech

  • Saul A Teukolsky

    • Cornell University

  • Nils Leif Vu

    • Caltech

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