Notes on the integration of numerical relativity waveforms

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/19/195015MaRDI QIDQ3096492zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christian Reisswig, D. Pollney

Publication date 11 November 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.1632

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08) Gravitational waves (83C35) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: A primary goal of numerical relativity is to provide estimates of the wave strain, $h$, from strong gravitational wave sources, to be used in detector templates. The simulations, however, typically measure waves in terms of the Weyl curvature component, $ps{i}_4$. Assuming Bondi gauge, transforming to the strain $h$ reduces to integration of $ps{i}_4$ twice in time. Integrations performed in either the time or frequency domain, however, lead to secular non-linear drifts in the resulting strain $h$. These non-linear drifts are not explained by the two unknown integration constants which can at most result in linear drifts. We identify a number of fundamental difficulties which can arise from integrating finite length, discretely sampled and noisy data streams. These issues are an artifact of post-processing data. They are independent of the characteristics of the original simulation, such as gauge or numerical method used. We suggest, however, a simple procedure for integrating numerical waveforms in the frequency domain, which is effective at strongly reducing spurious secular non-linear drifts in the resulting strain.

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