Now that the physics awards for the spectacular LIGO discovery are being assigned, let me remind you what was announced early this year:

Best read this short summary and notably enjoy the various videos that are linked on the web page about Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes
http://www.black-holes.org/gw150914

I like this one in particular (turn up sound)
https://youtu.be/FlDtXIBrAYE

The simulation of the binary BH merger (that emitted the gravitational waves) was coded by means of the famous Spectral Einstein Code
http://www.black-holes.org/SpEC.html
that is freely available!

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Do we have some interest in simulating realistic Black Holes and the LIGO scenario in particular???
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Cheers,
Fridger

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