Speaker
Harald Pfeiffer
(AEI Potsdam)
Description
Binary black holes are the most numerous source of observed
gravitational waves (GW). Precise knowledge about the interaction
between two black holes and the emitted GWs are of high importance for
finding and analysing GW signals, as well as to deepen the
understanding of the structure and solutions of Einstein's equations.
In this talk, I summarize the contributions of Numerical Relativity
simulations to GW astrophysics, touching on all types of orbits
(quasi-circular, eccentric, hyperbolic). Emphasis will be on results
obtained with the SpEC code of the SXS collaboration.
Primary author
Harald Pfeiffer
(AEI Potsdam)
