Tracking Black Holes in Numerical Relativity
Phys.Rev. D68 (2003) 104009 This work addresses and solves the problem of generically tracking black hole event horizons in computational simulation of black hole interactions. Solutions of the hyperbolic eikonal equation, solved on a curved spacetime manifold containing black hole sources, are empl...
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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25.03.2003
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Summary: | Phys.Rev. D68 (2003) 104009 This work addresses and solves the problem of generically tracking black hole
event horizons in computational simulation of black hole interactions.
Solutions of the hyperbolic eikonal equation, solved on a curved spacetime
manifold containing black hole sources, are employed in development of a robust
tracking method capable of continuously monitoring arbitrary changes of
topology in the event horizon, as well as arbitrary numbers of gravitational
sources. The method makes use of continuous families of level set viscosity
solutions of the eikonal equation with identification of the black hole event
horizon obtained by the signature feature of discontinuity formation in the
eikonal's solution. The method is employed in the analysis of the event horizon
for the asymmetric merger in a binary black hole system. In this first such
three dimensional analysis, we establish both qualitative and quantitative
physics for the asymmetric collision; including: 1. Bounds on the topology of
the throat connecting the holes following merger, 2. Time of merger, and 3.
Continuous accounting for the surface of section areas of the black hole
sources. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0303099 |