The BlackHoles@Home Project Uses Highly Efficient Simulation Grids (IMAGE)

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The BlackHoles@Home Project Uses Highly Efficient Simulation Grids

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The BlackHoles@Home project uses highly efficient simulation grids so that binary black hole collisions can be modeled on desktop computers. The black dots represent the black hole horizons for two black holes of different masses.

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Image courtesy of Z.Etienne/WVU

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