4.1 Hydrostatic EquilibriumInitial Data for Numerical Relativity3.4 Quasicircular Binary Data

4 Neutron-Star Initial Data 

The construction of initial data for neutron stars requires that the state of the neutron-star matter be specified before the gravitational data can be determined. Of course, a solution of the gravitational constraint equations can be found in principal for any given energy density tex2html_wrap_inline3067 and momentum density tex2html_wrap_inline3093 . But, with neutron-star solutions, we are usually interested in situations where the matter is in (or nearly in) hydrostatic equilibrium and the gravitational fields are also in (or nearly in) equilibrium.





4.1 Hydrostatic EquilibriumInitial Data for Numerical Relativity3.4 Quasicircular Binary Data

image Initial Data for Numerical Relativity
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