Computing Gowdy spacetimes via spectral evolution in future and past directions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/2/025007zbMATH Open1158.83301arXiv0811.1266OpenAlexW2151102877MaRDI QIDQ3603181FDOQ3603181

Authors: Paulo Amorim, Christine Bernardi, Philippe G. LeFloch 

Publication date: 16 February 2009

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

Abstract: We consider a system of nonlinear wave equations with constraints that arises from the Einstein equations of general relativity and describes the geometry of the so-called Gowdy symmetric spacetimes on T3. We introduce two numerical methods, which are based on pseudo-spectral approximation. The first approach relies on marching in the future time-like direction and toward the coordinate singularity t=0. The second approach is designed from asymptotic formulas that are available near this singularity; it evolves the solutions in the past timelike direction from "final" data given at t=0. This backward method relies a novel nonlinear transformation, which allows us to reduce the nonlinear source terms to simple quadratic products of the unknown variables. Numerical experiments are presented in various regimes, including cases where "spiky" structures are observed as the coordinate singularity is approached. The proposed backward strategy leads to a robust numerical method which allows us to accurately simulate the long-time behavior of a large class of Gowdy spacetimes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1266

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-04)

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