Discontinuous Galerkin method for computing gravitational waveforms from extreme mass ratio binaries

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/16/165010zbMATH Open1173.83010arXiv0902.1287OpenAlexW2031793605MaRDI QIDQ3395601FDOQ3395601

Authors: Scott E. Field, Stephen R. Lau, Jan S. Hesthaven 

Publication date: 11 September 2009

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

Abstract: Gravitational wave emission from extreme mass ratio binaries (EMRBs) should be detectable by the joint NASA-ESA LISA project, spurring interest in analytical and numerical methods for investigating EMRBs. We describe a discontinuous Galerkin (dG) method for solving the distributionally forced 1+1 wave equations which arise when modeling EMRBs via the perturbation theory of Schwarzschild blackholes. Despite the presence of jump discontinuities in the relevant polar and axial gravitational "master functions", our dG method achieves global spectral accuracy, provided that we know the instantaneous position, velocity, and acceleration of the small particle. Here these variables are known, since we assume that the particle follows a timelike geodesic of the Schwarzschild geometry. We document the results of several numerical experiments testing our method, and in our concluding section discuss the possible inclusion of gravitational self-force effects.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1287

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Gravitational waves (83C35) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-04)

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