PIRSA:08050036

Numerical study of black hole spacetimes

Pfeiffer, H. (2008). Numerical study of black hole spacetimes. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08050036

Pfeiffer, Harald. Numerical study of black hole spacetimes. Perimeter Institute, May. 28, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08050036 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:08050036,
            doi = {10.48660/08050036},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/08050036},
            author = {Pfeiffer, Harald},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Numerical study of black hole spacetimes},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2008},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:08050036 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Harald Pfeiffer Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)

Talk numberPIRSA:08050036
DOI10.48660/08050036
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series

Abstract

The last years have seen tremendous progress in simulations of inspiral and coalescence of binary black holes. I will present recent results of the Caltech/Cornell collaboration simulating inspiral and collision of two black holes. Furthermore, while currently no talk on numerical relativity seems to be complete without a discussion of binary black hole coalescence, there are many more aspects of Einstein\'s equations that can be probed numerically. I will discuss some of these unexpected and intriguing features, among them black holes with five horizons and super-extremal black holes.