A consistency condition for the double series approximation method

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/3/019MaRDI QIDQ4339454zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. S. Piper

Publication date 9 June 1997

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9608001

zbMATH Keywords

approximation methodsfield equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximations and expansions (41A99) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: The double series approximation method of Bonnor is a means for examining the gravitational radiation from an axisymmetric isolated source that undergoes a finite period of oscillation. It involves an expansion of the metric as a double Taylor series. Here we examine the integration procedure that is used to form an algorithmic solution to the field equations and point out the possibility of the expansion method breaking down and predicting a singularity along the axis of symmetry. We derive a condition on the solutions obtained by the double series method that must be satisfied to avoid this singularity. We then consider a source with only a quadrupole moment and verify that to fourth order in each of the expansion parameters, this condition is satisfied. This is a reassuring test of the consistency of the expansion procedure. We do, however, find that the imposition of this condition makes a physical interpretation of any but the lowest order solutions very difficult. The most obvious decomposition of the solution into a series of independent physical effects is shown not to be valid.

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