DR. ALEX VANO-VINUALES

Because of the complexity of Einstein equations in General Relativity, and in the absence of symmetries one must resort to numerical techniques for their resolution. The coalescence of black hole binaries or neutron star binaries - sources of extreme importance for the LIGO and VIRGO gravitational wave detectors - are instances for which one cannot do without numerical relativity. The speaker will introduce the basic ingredients of numerical implementation whose aim is to produce gravitational wave signals, and further explain the role that these efforts play in the data analysis that led to recent detections of binary black holes and neutron stars.