Relativistic numerical model for close neutron-star binaries
Relativistic numerical model for close neutron-star binaries
We describe a numerical method for calculating the (3+1)-dimensional general relativistic hydrodynamics of a coalescing neutron-star binary system. The relativistic field equations are solved at each time slice with a spatial three-metric chosen to be conformally flat. Against this solution to the general relativistic field equations, the hydrodynamic variables and …