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

convergencestabilityelectromagnetismfinite differenceYang-Millsgeneral relativityhyperbolic systemsSchwarzschild black holenonlinear scatteringnonlinear wave-like equationsdissipative algorithmMinkowski background

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Second-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations (35L70) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) 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) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Black holes (83C57) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75)

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.

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