The current status of binary black hole simulations in numerical relativity

Abstract

Since the breakthroughs in 2005 which have led to long-term stable solutions of the binary black hole problem in numerical relativity, much progress has been made. I present here a short summary of the state of the field, including the capabilities of numerical relativity codes, recent physical results obtained from simulations and improvements to the methods used to evolve and analyse binary black hole spacetimes. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.