83 citations · 85 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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gr-qc2011★ 2 cited
Distributional sources for black hole initial data
Aaryn Tonita
Black hole initial data is usually produced using Bowen-York type puncture initial data or by applying an excision boundary condition. The benefits of the Bowen-York initial data a…
astro-ph.HE2010★ 83 cited
Black hole-neutron star mergers and short GRBs: a relativistic toy model to estimate the mass of the torus
Francesco Pannarale, Aaryn Tonita, Luciano Rezzolla
The merger of a binary system composed of a black hole and a neutron star may leave behind a torus of hot, dense matter orbiting around the black hole. While numerical-relativity s…