Stable characteristic evolution of generic 3-dimensional single-black-hole spacetimes
R. Gomez, L. Lehner, R. L. Marsa, J. Winicour, A. M. Abrahams, A. Anderson, P. Anninos, T. W. Baumgarte, N. T. Bishop, S. R. Brandt, J. C. Browne, K. Camarda , M. W. Choptuik, R. R. Correl, G. B. Cook, C. R. Evans, L. S. Finn, G. C. Fox, T. Haupt, M. F. Huq, L. E. Kidder, S. A. Klasky, P. Laguna, W. Landry, J. Lenaghan, J. Masso, R. A. Matzner, S. Mitra, P. Papadopoulos, M. Parashar, L. Rezzolla, M. E. Rupright, F. Saied, P. E. Saylor, M. A. Scheel, E. Seidel, S. L. Shapiro, D. Shoemaker, L. Smarr, B. Szilagyi, S. A. Teukolsky, M. H. P. M. van Putten, P. Walker, J. W. York Jr., Physical Review Letters, 80, 3915-3918 (1998).
Abstract
We report new results which establish that the accurate 3-dimensional numerical simulation of generic single-black-hole spacetimes has been achieved by characteristic evolution with unlimited long term stability. Our results cover a selection of distorted, moving and spinning single black holes, with evolution times up to 60,000M.