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\blurb[{\citenamefont{Bentivegna}(2008)}]{carpet-bentivegna2008b}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{E.}~\bibnamefont{Bentivegna}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Ringing in unison: exploring black hole coalescence
  with quasinormal modes}}, Ph.D. thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Pennsylvania State
  University} (\bibinfo{year}{2008}),
  \urlprefix\url{http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/
  theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-2570/index.html}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Jasiulek}(2008)}]{carpet-jasiulek2008a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{M.}~\bibnamefont{Jasiulek}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Spin measures on isolated and dynamical horizons in
  numerical relativity}}, Master's thesis,
  \bibinfo{school}{Humboldt-Universit{\"a}t zu Berlin} (\bibinfo{year}{2008}).

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Dorband}(2007)}]{carpet-dorband2007a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{E.~N.} \bibnamefont{Dorband}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Computing and analyzing gravitational radiation in
  black hole simulations using a new multi-block approach to numerical
  relativity}}, Ph.D. thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Louisiana State University}
  (\bibinfo{year}{2007}),
  \urlprefix\url{http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~dorband/thesis.pdf}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Kastaun}(2007)}]{carpet-kastaun2007a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{W.}~\bibnamefont{Kastaun}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Developing a code for general relativistic
  hydrodynamics with application to neutron star oscillations}}, Ph.D. thesis,
  \bibinfo{school}{Universit{\"a}t T{\"u}bingen} (\bibinfo{year}{2007}),
  \urlprefix\url{http://tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/ volltexte/2007/2803/}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Manca}(2007)}]{carpet-manca2007a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.~M.} \bibnamefont{Manca}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Dynamical instabilities in rapidly rotating neutron
  star models}}, Ph.D. thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Universit{\`a} di Parma}
  (\bibinfo{year}{2007}).

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Ott}(2007)}]{carpet-ott2007a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{C.~D.} \bibnamefont{Ott}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Stellar iron core collapse in \{3+1\} general
  relativity and the gravitational wave signature of core-collapse
  supernovae}}, Ph.D. thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}
  (\bibinfo{year}{2007}),
  \urlprefix\url{http://stellarcollapse.org/papers/thesis_final.pdf}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Zengino{\u{g}}lu}(2007)}]{carpet-2007a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{A.}~\bibnamefont{Zengino{\u{g}}lu}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{A conformal approach to numerical calculations of
  asymptotically flat spacetimes}}, Ph.D. thesis,
  \bibinfo{school}{Universit{\"a}t Potsdam} (\bibinfo{year}{2007}),
  \eprint{arXiv:0711.0873 [gr-qc]},
  \urlprefix\url{http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0873}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{L{\"o}ffler}(2006)}]{carpet-loeffler2005a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{F.}~\bibnamefont{L{\"o}ffler}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Numerical simulations of neutron star-black hole
  mergers}}, Ph.D. thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}
  (\bibinfo{year}{2006}),
  \urlprefix\url{http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/774/}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Madiraju}(2006)}]{carpet-madiraju2006a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{S.}~\bibnamefont{Madiraju}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Performance profiling with {Cactus} benchmarks}},
  Master's thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Louisiana State University}
  (\bibinfo{year}{2006}), \urlprefix\url{http://www.cactuscode.org/
  Articles/Cactus_Madiraju06.pdf}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Zink}(2006)}]{carpet-zink2006d}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{B.}~\bibnamefont{Zink}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Black hole formation from non-axisymmetric
  instabilities in quasi-toroidal stars}}, Ph.D. thesis,
  \bibinfo{school}{Technische Universit{\"a}t M{\"u}nchen}
  (\bibinfo{year}{2006}),
  \urlprefix\url{http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl
  ?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss20060623-1915123970}.

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Herrmann}(2005)}]{carpet-herrmann2005a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{F.}~\bibnamefont{Herrmann}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Evolution and analysis of binary black hole
  spacetimes}}, Ph.D. thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}
  (\bibinfo{year}{2005}).

\blurb[{\citenamefont{Koppitz}(2004)}]{carpet-koppitz2004a}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{M.}~\bibnamefont{Koppitz}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Numerical studies of black hole initial data}}, Ph.D.
  thesis, \bibinfo{school}{Universit{\"a}t Potsdam} (\bibinfo{year}{2004}),
  \urlprefix\url{http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2005/134/}.