Research Highlights from the Numerical Relativity group
(Order follows the time of posting on the preprint archive)
2011
The missing link: Merging neutron stars naturally produce jet-like structures and can power short Gamma-Ray Bursts
Luciano Rezzolla, Bruno Giacomazzo, Luca Baiotti, Jonathan Granot, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Miguel A. Aloy Ap. J. Lett., in press, 2011
(article, preprint)
2010
Analytic modelling of tidal effects in the relativistic inspiral of binary neutron stars
Luca Baiotti, Thibault Damour, Bruno Giacomazzo, Alessandro Nagar, Luciano Rezzolla
Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 261101, 2010
(article, preprint)
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
Ap. J. 727, 95, 2011
(article, preprint)
Understanding the “anti-kick” in the merger of binary black holes
Luciano Rezzolla, Rodrigo P. Macedo, José Luis Jaramillo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 221101, 2010
(article, preprint, APS Focus)
2009
Vacuum Electromagnetic Counterparts of Binary Black-Hole Mergers
Philipp Mösta, Carlos Palenzuela, Luciano Rezzolla, Luis Lehner, Shin’ichirou Yoshida, Denis Pollney
Phys. Rev. D 81, 064017, 2010
(article, preprint)
Unambiguous determination of gravitational waveforms from binary black hole mergers
Christian Reisswig, Nigel Bishop, Denis Pollney, Bela Szilagyi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 221101, 2009
(article, preprint)
Can magnetic fields be detected during the inspiral of binary neutron stars?
Bruno Giacomazzo, Luciano Rezzolla, Luca Baiotti
Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 399, L164, 2009
(article, preprint)
2008
Magnetohydrodynamic Effects in Propagating Relativistic Jets: Reverse Shock and Magnetic Acceleration
Yosuke Mizuno, Bing Zhang, Bruno Giacomazzo, Ken-Ichi Nishikawa, Philip E. Hardee, Shigehiro Nagataki, Dieter H. Hartmann
Astrophys. J. Lett.. 690, L47, 2009
(article, preprint)
Accurate evolutions of inspiralling neutron-star binaries: prompt and delayed collapse to black hole
Luca Baiotti, Bruno Giacomazzo, Luciano Rezzolla
Physical Review D 78, 084033, 2008
(article, preprint)
Constraint-preserving boundary treatment for a harmonic formulation of the Einstein equations
Jennifer Seiler, Bela Szilagyi, Denis Pollney, Luciano Rezzolla
Class. Quant. Grav. 25, 175050, 2008
(article, preprint)
2007
The Final Spin from the Coalescence of Aligned-Spin Black Hole Binaries
Luciano Rezzolla, Peter Diener, Nils Dorband, Denis Pollney, Christian Reisswig, Erik Schnetter, Jennifer Seiler
Astrophys. J. Lett. 674, L29, 2008
(article, preprint)
How to tell a gravastar from a black hole
Cecilia B. M. H. Chirenti, Luciano Rezzolla
Class. Quant. Grav.24, 4191, 2007
(article, preprint
Recoil Velocities from Equal-Mass Binary-Black-Hole Mergers
Michael Koppitz, Denis Pollney, Christian Reisswig, Luciano Rezzolla, Jonathan Thornburg, Peter Diener, Erik Schnetter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 041102, 2007
(preprint)
2006
Gravitational waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals in non-pure Kerr spacetimes
Enrico Barausse, Luciano Rezzolla, David Petroff, Marcus Ansorg
Phys. Rev. D 75, 064026, 2007
(article, preprint)
Challenging the paradigm of singularity excision in gravitational collapse
Luca Baiotti, Luciano Rezzolla
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 141101, 2006
(article, preprint)
A powerful hydrodynamic booster for relativistic jets
Miguel A. Aloy, Luciano Rezzolla
Astrophys. J. Lett. 640, L115, 2006
(preprint)