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Introduction to 3+1 numerical relativity
Introduction to three plus one numerical relativity
1 online resource (xiv, 444 pages) : illustrations
Starting from basic general relativity, this book introduces all the concepts and tools necessary for the fully relativistic simulation of astrophysical systems with strong and dynamical gravitational fields.
1 Brief review of general relativity; 2 The 3+1 formalism; 3 Initial data; 4 Gauge conditions; 5 Hyperbolic reductions of the field equations; 6 Evolving black hole spacetimes; 7 Relativistic hydrodynamics; 8 Gravitational wave extraction; 9 Numerical methods; 10 Examples of numerical spacetimes; A: Total mass and momentum in general relativity; B: Spacetime Christoffel symbols in 3+1 language; C: BSSNOK with natural conformal rescaling; D: Spin-weighted spherical harmonics; References; Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
International series of monographs on physics ; 140