Higher dimensional numerical relativity: Code comparison

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  • Helvi Witek
  • Hirotada Okawa
  • Cardoso, Vitor
  • Leonardo Gualtieri
  • Carlos Herdeiro
  • Masaru Shibata
  • Ulrich Sperhake
  • Miguel Zilhao

The nonlinear behavior of higher dimensional black hole spacetimes is of interest in several contexts, ranging from an understanding of cosmic censorship to black hole production in high-energy collisions. However, nonlinear numerical evolutions of higher dimensional black hole spacetimes are tremendously complex, involving different diagnostic tools and "dimensional reduction methods." In this work we compare two different successful codes to evolve Einstein's equations in higher dimensions, and show that the results of such different procedures agree to numerical precision, when applied to the collision from rest of two equal-mass black holes. We calculate the total radiated energy to be E-rad/M = (9.0 +/- 0.5) x 10(-4) in five dimensions and E-rad/M = (8.1 +/- 0.4) x 10(-4) in six dimensions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number084014
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume90
Issue number8
Number of pages7
ISSN1550-7998
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Oct 2014
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • BLACK-HOLES, GRAVITATIONAL PERTURBATIONS, CARTESIAN GRIDS, STABILITY, EQUATIONS, ISOMETRY, STRINGS, SYSTEMS, FIELD

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