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“Numerical Relativity in the new Age: Astrophysical Black Hole Binaries and Gravitational Waves” Dr. Manuela Campanelli Rochester Institute of Technology |
| In the past few years, a series of remarkable breakthroughs have produced a revolution in numerical relativity enhancing dramatically our ability to simulate binary black hole coalescences, a key source of gravitational radiation. In this talk, I present the new progress and methods of numerical relativity and focus on the most recent results from binary black hole simulations that may help us to understand the formation and evolution of galaxies. Interestingly, all of this is happening while ground-based gravitational wave detectors in Europe, Japan and US are operating at a sensitivity such that gravitational radiation may soon be directly detected. |