A new method to integrate (2+1)-wave equations with Dirac's delta functions as sources

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/14/145018zbMATH Open1180.35323arXiv0801.2750OpenAlexW3101727846MaRDI QIDQ3516249FDOQ3516249

Authors: Carlos O. Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano 

Publication date: 1 August 2008

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

Abstract: Gravitational perturbations in a Kerr black hole background can not be decomposed into simple tensor harmonics in the time domain. Here, we make the mode decomposition only in the azimuthal direction and discuss the resulting (2+1)-dimensional Klein-Gordon differential equation for scalar perturbations with a two dimensional Dirac's $delta$-function as a source representing a point particle orbiting a much larger black hole. To make this equation amenable for numerical integrations we explicitly remove analytically the singular behavior of the source and compute a global effective source for the corresponding waveform.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.2750

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) PDEs with low regular coefficients and/or low regular data (35R05)

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