Solving the Einstein constraints in periodic spaces with a multigrid approach

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/31/3/035004zbMATH Open1470.83007arXiv1305.5576OpenAlexW3102392416MaRDI QIDQ5407864FDOQ5407864

Authors: Eloisa Bentivegna 

Publication date: 8 April 2014

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

Abstract: Novel applications of Numerical Relativity demand for more flexible algorithms and tools. In this paper, I develop and test a multigrid solver, based on the infrastructure provided by the Einstein Toolkit, for elliptic partial differential equations on spaces with periodic boundary conditions. This type of boundary often characterizes the numerical representation of cosmological models, where space is assumed to be made up of identical copies of a single fiducial domain, so that only a finite volume (with periodic boundary conditions at its edges) needs to be simulated. After a few tests and comparisons with existing codes, I use the solver to generate initial data for an infinite, periodic, cubic black-hole lattice.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.5576

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zbMATH Keywords

Einstein constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Black holes (83C57) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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Uses Software

• Einstein Toolkit
• KADATH

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