Session Q20 - Gravitational Radiation - Theory and Numerical Relativity.
MIXED session, Monday afternoon, May 01
102A, LBCC
The characteristic formulation of the Einstein equations provides a rather unique tool for numerical relativity. It has been used recently to good effect in three dimensional evolutions of vacuum black hole using the concept of excision. In conjunction with hydrodynamical evolution one would hope to tackle a range of interesting astrophysical problems involving dynamic black holes. I will describe a collaborative work aimed in this direction.