Figure 17: An animation of a headon collision simulation of two neutron stars obtained
with a relativistic code [137, 261]. The movie shows the evolution of the density and internal energy.
The formation of the black hole in prompt timescales is demonstrated by the sudden appearance
of the apparent horizon at ( in code units), which is indicated by violet
dotted circles representing the trapped photons. See [245] for download options of higher-quality
versions of this movie.
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