Event horizons in numerical relativity. II. Analyzing the horizon

Joan Massó, Edward Seidel, Wai-Mo Suen, and Paul Walker
Phys. Rev. D 59, 064015 – Published 12 February 1999
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Abstract

We present techniques and methods for analyzing the dynamics of event horizons in numerically constructed spacetimes. There are three classes of analytical tools we have investigated. The first class consists of proper geometrical measures of the horizon which allow us a comparison with perturbation theory and powerful global theorems. The second class involves the location and study of horizon generators. The third class includes the induced horizon 2-metric in the generator comoving coordinates and a set of membrane-paradigm-like quantities. Applications to several distorted, rotating, and colliding black hole spacetimes are provided as examples of these techniques.

  • Received 23 April 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.064015

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Joan Massó1,2,3, Edward Seidel1,2,4,5, Wai-Mo Suen6,7, and Paul Walker1,4

  • 1Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Schlaatzweg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
  • 2National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801
  • 3Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • 4Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
  • 5Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
  • 6McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
  • 7Physics Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Vol. 59, Iss. 6 — 15 March 1999

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