Living Reviews in RelativityCurrent articles from Living Reviews in Relativity. Living Reviews in Relativity is a peer-refereed, solely online physics journal publishing invited reviews covering all areas of relativity research. Reviews are kept up to date by their authors. All reference information is collected into a searchable database. Living Reviews in Relativity is a free resource to the scientific community. Published by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam,...Initial Data for Numerical Relativity- November 14, 2000 Initial data are the starting point for any numerical simulation. In the case of numerical relativity, Einstein's equations constrain our choices of these initial data. We will examine several of the formalisms used for specifying Cauchy initial data in the $3!+!1$ decomposition of Einstein's equations. We will then explore how these formalisms have been used in constructing initial data for spacetimes containing black holes and neutron stars. In the topics discussed, emphasis is placed on...http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2000-5 |