The current status of binary black hole simulations in numerical relativity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hinder, Ian ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 77952817394     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/11/114004     Document Type: Article

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