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Numerical relativity allows us to simulate the behaviour of regions of space and time where gravity is strong and dynamical. For example, it allows us to calculate precisely the gravitational waveform that should be generated by the merger of two inspiralling black holes. Since the first detection of gravitational waves from such an event in 2015, banks of numerical relativity “templates” have been used to extract further information from noisy data streams. In this talk I will give an overview of the field - what are we simulating, why, and what are the main challenges, past and future.
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