Merging black holes

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Centrella, Joan ^a   Baker, John ^a   Kelly, Bernard ^a,b,c   van Meter, James ^a,b,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CRESST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black holes; Gravitational waves; Numerical relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651345754     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2010.520908     Document Type: Article

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