Post-Newtonian SPH calculations of binary neutron star coalescence: Method and first results
Post-Newtonian SPH calculations of binary neutron star coalescence: Method and first results
We present the first results from our Post-Newtonian (PN) Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code, which has been used to study the coalescence of binary neutron star (NS) systems. The Lagrangian particle-based code incorporates consistently all lowest-order (1PN) relativistic effects, as well as gravitational radiation reaction, the lowest-order dissipative term in …