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Numerical Relativity for Next-Generation Gravitational-Wave Observatories - Geoffrey Lovelace
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics via YouTube
Overview
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Syllabus
Intro
Numerical relativity: Warped spacetime dynamics
Numerical relativity Model, interpret observations
Solving Einstein's equations in vacuum
Wave equation: first order formulation An analogy
Generalized harmonic formulation
Next-generation gravitational-wave observatories
Challenges for modeling next-gen signals Accuracy
Next-generation numerical relativity For next-generation detectors
SXS Catalog Configuration variety
Challenges Very unequal masses
Taught by
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics