TY - BOOK AU - Baumgarte,Thomas W. AU - Shapiro,Stuart L. TI - Numerical Relativity: Solving Einstein's Equations on the Computer SN - 9780521514071 AV - QC173.6 .B38 2010 U1 - 530.11B327N 23 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - General Relativity (Physics) KW - Einstein Field Equations KW - Numerical Calculations KW - Physics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; General relativity preliminaries -- The 3 + 1 decomposition of Einstein's equations -- Constructing initial data -- Choosing coordinates : the lapse and shift -- Matter sources -- Numerical methods -- Locating black hole horizons -- Spherically symmetric spacetimes -- Gravitational waves -- Collapse of collisionless clusters in axisymmetry -- Recasting the evolution equations -- Binary black hole initial data -- Binary black hole evolution -- Rotating stars -- Binary neutron star initial data -- Binary neutron star evolution -- Binary black hole-neutron stars : initial data and evolution ER -