New algorithm for Mixmaster dynamics

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/2/001MaRDI QIDQ3130061zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Beverly K. Berger, David Garfinkle, Eugene Strasser

Publication date 11 September 1997

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9609072

zbMATH Keywords

symplectic integrationmixmaster spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-04)

Abstract: We present a new numerical algorithm for evolving the Mixmaster spacetimes. By using symplectic integration techniques to take advantage of the exact Taub solution for the scattering between asymptotic Kasner regimes, we evolve these spacetimes with higher accuracy using much larger time steps than previously possible. The longer Mixmaster evolution thus allowed enables detailed comparison with the Belinskii, Khalatnikov, Lifshitz (BKL) approximate Mixmaster dynamics. In particular, we show that errors between the BKL prediction and the measured parameters early in the simulation can be eliminated by relaxing the BKL assumptions to yield an improved map. The improved map has different predictions for vacuum Bianchi Type IX and magnetic Bianchi Type VI${}_0$ Mixmaster models which are clearly matched in the simulation.

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• Why solve the Hamiltonian constraint in numerical relativity?
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• Chaos in Robertson–Walker cosmology
• The loop quantum cosmology bounce as a Kasner transition
• Cosmic no-hair theorems for viscous contracting universes
• CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM FEATURES OF THE MIXMASTER SINGULARITY

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