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020			_a9781139193344 (ebook)
020			_z9780521514071 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC173.6 _b.B38 2010
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100	1		_aBaumgarte, Thomas W., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aNumerical relativity : _bsolving Einstein's equations on the computer / _cThomas W. Baumgarte and Stuart L. Shapiro.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 698 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aGeneral 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.
520			_aAimed at students and researchers entering the field, this pedagogical introduction to numerical relativity will also interest scientists seeking a broad survey of its challenges and achievements. Assuming only a basic knowledge of classical general relativity, the book develops the mathematical formalism from first principles, and then highlights some of the pioneering simulations involving black holes and neutron stars, gravitational collapse and gravitational waves. The book contains 300 exercises to help readers master new material as it is presented. Numerous illustrations, many in color, assist in visualizing new geometric concepts and highlighting the results of computer simulations. Summary boxes encapsulate some of the most important results for quick reference. Applications covered include calculations of coalescing binary black holes and binary neutron stars, rotating stars, colliding star clusters, gravitational and magnetorotational collapse, critical phenomena, the generation of gravitational waves, and other topics of current physical and astrophysical significance.
650		0	_aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650		0	_aEinstein field equations.
650		0	_aNumerical calculations.
700	1		_aShapiro, Stuart L. _q(Stuart Louis), _d1947- _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521514071
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139193344
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