• Login
    View Item 
    •   DSpace Home
    • SUNY Brockport
    • Events/Conferences
    • Master's Level Graduate Research Conference
    • View Item
    •   DSpace Home
    • SUNY Brockport
    • Events/Conferences
    • Master's Level Graduate Research Conference
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Spinning Black Holes in Numerical Relativity

    Thumbnail
    Date
    2013-04-20
    Author
    Ruchlin, Ian
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    In nature, it is believed that astrophysical black holes will be nearly neutral and highly spinning. The first condition is due to the fact that, if the black hole were charged, it would preferentially attract opposing charges. The second follows from considerations of matter accreting onto the black hole. By conservation of angular momentum, it is expected that it might be common for black hole spins to approach their theoretical maximal value. In this regime, the non-linearity of Einstein's equations comes into play, and effects such as frame dragging become strong. This becomes particularly interesting in the case of a black hole binary, in which emission of gravitational waves and black hole kicks become important. To date, the simulations with the largest black hole spins fail to probe the top ~35% of the maximal rotational energy. Thus, there is a substantial unexplored energy range that is of real astrophysical and theoretical interest. We use numerical methods to solve Einstein's equations, which enable us to describe the motions of black holes under the influence of gravitation.
    Description
    Astrophysics and Astronomy Panel presentation.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1951/72101
    Collections
    • Master's Level Graduate Research Conference [446]

    SUNY Digital Repository Support
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2022  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

     


    SUNY Digital Repository Support
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2022  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV