Adjusted ADM systems and their expected stability properties: constraint propagation analysis in Schwarzschild spacetime

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/6/302zbMATH Open1006.83023arXivgr-qc/0110008OpenAlexW2111957130MaRDI QIDQ4532776FDOQ4532776

Authors: Hisa-aki Shinkai, Gen Yoneda 

Publication date: 24 July 2002

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

Abstract: In order to find a way to have a better formulation for numerical evolution of the Einstein equations, we study the propagation equations of the constraints based on the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner formulation. By adjusting constraint terms in the evolution equations, we try to construct an "asymptotically constrained system" which is expected to be robust against violation of the constraints, and to enable a long-term stable and accurate numerical simulation. We first provide useful expressions for analyzing constraint propagation in a general spacetime, then apply it to Schwarzschild spacetime. We search when and where the negative real or non-zero imaginary eigenvalues of the homogenized constraint propagation matrix appear, and how they depend on the choice of coordinate system and adjustments. Our analysis includes the proposal of Detweiler (1987), which is still the best one according to our conjecture but has a growing mode of error near the horizon. Some examples are snapshots of a maximally sliced Schwarzschild black hole. The predictions here may help the community to make further improvements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0110008

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zbMATH Keywords

Schwarzschild spacetimenumerical relativityADM-formalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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