[HTML][HTML] Continuum and discrete initial-boundary value problems and Einstein's field equations

O Sarbach, M Tiglio - Living reviews in relativity, 2012 - Springer
Many evolution problems in physics are described by partial differential equations on an
infinite domain; therefore, one is interested in the solutions to such problems for a given …

Improved effective-one-body model of spinning, nonprecessing binary black holes for the era of gravitational-wave astrophysics with advanced detectors

A Bohé, L Shao, A Taracchini, A Buonanno, S Babak… - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
We improve the accuracy of the effective-one-body (EOB) waveforms that were employed
during the first observing run of Advanced LIGO for binaries of spinning, nonprecessing …

Setting the cornerstone for a family of models for gravitational waves from compact binaries: The dominant harmonic for nonprecessing quasicircular black holes

G Pratten, S Husa, C Garcia-Quiros, M Colleoni… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
In this paper we present imrphenomxas, a thorough overhaul of the imrphenomd [S. Husa,
Phys. Rev. D 93, 044006 (2016) PRVDAQ 2470-0010 10.1103/PhysRevD. 93.044006; S …

Exotic compact objects and the fate of the light-ring instability

PVP Cunha, C Herdeiro, E Radu, N Sanchis-Gual - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Ultracompact objects with light rings (LRs) but without an event horizon could mimic black
holes (BHs) in their strong gravity phenomenology. But are such objects dynamically viable …

Postmerger gravitational-wave signatures of phase transitions in binary mergers

LR Weih, M Hanauske, L Rezzolla - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
With the first detection of gravitational waves from a binary system of neutron stars
GW170817, a new window was opened to study the properties of matter at and above …

Dynamical mass ejection from binary neutron star mergers

D Radice, F Galeazzi, J Lippuner… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present fully general-relativistic simulations of binary neutron star mergers with a
temperature and composition dependent nuclear equation of state. We study the dynamical …

Black holes and binary mergers in scalar Gauss-Bonnet gravity: scalar field dynamics

H Witek, L Gualtieri, P Pani, TP Sotiriou - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
We study the nonlinear dynamics of black holes that carry scalar hair and binaries
composed of such black holes. The scalar hair is due to a linear or exponential coupling …

Strong-field scattering of two spinning black holes: Numerical relativity versus post-Minkowskian gravity

P Rettegno, G Pratten, LM Thomas, P Schmidt… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Highly accurate models of the gravitational wave signal from coalescing compact binaries
are built by completing analytical computations of the binary dynamics with nonperturbative …

The Einstein Toolkit: a community computational infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics

F Löffler, J Faber, E Bentivegna, T Bode… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We describe the Einstein Toolkit, a community-driven, freely accessible
computational infrastructure intended for use in numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics …

Constraining the equation of state of neutron stars from binary mergers

K Takami, L Rezzolla, L Baiotti - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
Determining the equation of state of matter at nuclear density and hence the structure of
neutron stars has been a riddle for decades. We show how the imminent detection of …