Initial data for black hole collisions

Abstract

I describe the construction of initial data for the Einstein vacuum equations that can represent a collision of two black holes. I stress in the main physical ideas.

5 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting Gravitation and Cosmology ERE - 2002; isbn: 9788447527380

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• Initial data for two Kerr-like black holes
• Initial data for a head on collision of two Kerr-like black holes with close limit

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• Solutions of the Einstein Constraint Equations with Apparent Horizon Boundaries