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Numerical relativity : solving Einstein's equations on the computer / Thomas W. Baumgarte and Stuart L. Shapiro.

By: Baumgarte, Thomas W.
Contributor(s): Shapiro, Stuart L. (Stuart Louis), 1947-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: xviii, 698 p., UKP 55.00 ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780521514071 (hardback).Subject(s): General relativity (Physics) | Einstein field equations | Numerical calculationsDDC classification: 530.11
Contents:
General relativity preliminaries -- The 3 + 1 decomposition of Einstein's equations -- Constructing initial data -- Choosing coordinates : the lapse and shift -- Matter sources -- Numerical methods -- Locating black hole horizons -- Spherically symmetric spacetimes -- Gravitational waves -- Collapse of collisionless clusters in axisymmetry -- Recasting the evolution equations -- Binary black hole initial data -- Binary black hole evolution -- Rotating stars -- Binary neutron star initial data -- Binary neutron star evolution -- Binary black hole-neutron stars : initial data and evolution.
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Book Chennai Mathematical Institute
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

General relativity preliminaries -- The 3 + 1 decomposition of Einstein's equations -- Constructing initial data -- Choosing coordinates : the lapse and shift -- Matter sources -- Numerical methods -- Locating black hole horizons -- Spherically symmetric spacetimes -- Gravitational waves -- Collapse of collisionless clusters in axisymmetry -- Recasting the evolution equations -- Binary black hole initial data -- Binary black hole evolution -- Rotating stars -- Binary neutron star initial data -- Binary neutron star evolution -- Binary black hole-neutron stars : initial data and evolution.