A dissipative algorithm for wave-like equations in the characteristic formulation

DOI10.1006/JCPH.1998.6137MaRDI QIDQ1282380zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Luis Lehner

Publication date 17 October 1999

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9811095

zbMATH Keywords

convergencedissipative algorithmelectromagnetismfinite differencegeneral relativityhyperbolic systemsMinkowski backgroundnonlinear scatteringnonlinear wave-like equationsSchwarzschild black holestabilityYang-Mills

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Second-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations (35L70) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: We present a dissipative algorithm for solving nonlinear wave-like equations when the initial data is specified on characteristic surfaces. The dissipative properties built in this algorithm make it particularly useful when studying the highly nonlinear regime where previous methods have failed to give a stable evolution in three dimensions. The algorithm presented in this work is directly applicable to hyperbolic systems proper of Electromagnetism, Yang-Mills and General Relativity theories. We carry out an analysis of the stability of the algorithm and test its properties with linear waves propagating on a Minkowski background and the scattering off a Scwharszchild black hole in General Relativity.

Review text

The author presents a dissipative algorithm for solving nonlinear wave-like equations with the initial data specified on the characteristic surfaces. The main features of this approach are the use of characteristic surfaces and the compactification methods to describe radiation properties. The algorithm presented in this article is directly applicable to hyperbolic systems of electromagnetism, Yang-Mills, and general relativity theories. The author analyses the stability of the algorithm and presents experiments with linear waves propagation on a Minkowski background and with the nonlinear scattering of a Schwarzschild black hole in general relativity. The variety of physical problems, where propagating waves are to be described, show an importance of the investigations on characteristic algorithms. The dissipative algorithm presented in this work provide useful tools in the numerical modelling of characteristic evolution equations.

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