Baumgarte, Thomas W.
Numerical relativity : solving Einstein's equations on the computer / Thomas W. Baumgarte and Stuart L. Shapiro. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xviii, 698 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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.
9780521514071 (hardback)
2010283312
GBB004241 bnb
015462061 Uk
General relativity (Physics)
Einstein field equations.
Numerical calculations.
QC173.6 / .B38 2010
530.12EIN /BAU
Numerical relativity : solving Einstein's equations on the computer / Thomas W. Baumgarte and Stuart L. Shapiro. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xviii, 698 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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.
9780521514071 (hardback)
2010283312
GBB004241 bnb
015462061 Uk
General relativity (Physics)
Einstein field equations.
Numerical calculations.
QC173.6 / .B38 2010
530.12EIN /BAU