BH Mergers: 8 Images & Computer Simulations

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The discussion highlights eight images related to black hole mergers, with four images on the left being stills from a computer simulation using numerical general relativity methods. The four images on the right are actual photographs, some enhanced with false color to indicate temperature, depicting real astronomical phenomena that resemble stages of the simulated merger. The comparison suggests a correlation between the simulated models and observed events in the universe. This connection reinforces the validity of the simulations in understanding supermassive black hole mergers. Overall, the findings support the idea that computer simulations can effectively model complex astrophysical events.
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Eight images.
Four on the left appear to be stills from a computer simulation of a merger, calculated step by step using numerical GR methods.

The four on the right seem to be actual photographs, some with false color showing temperature, of real things which resemble stages in the simulated merger of supermassive BHs.

That is, the observed thing looks somewhat like what they got by running the numerical model. So it's suggestive.
 
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