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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xviii, 698 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521514071 (hardback)
  • 9780521514071
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 22
Other 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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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 530.11 BAU-N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40107
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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.

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