Asymptotically null slices in numerical relativity: mathematical analysis and spherical wave equation tests

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/15/004zbMATH Open1101.83017arXivgr-qc/0512149OpenAlexW3098354170MaRDI QIDQ5485548FDOQ5485548

Authors: C. Gundlach, David Hilditch, Gioel Calabrese 

Publication date: 30 August 2006

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

Abstract: We investigate the use of asymptotically null slices combined with stretching or compactification of the radial coordinate for the numerical simulation of asymptotically flat spacetimes. We consider a 1-parameter family of coordinates characterised by the asymptotic relation $rsim{R}^{1-n}$ between the physical radius $R$ and coordinate radius $r$, and the asymptotic relation $Ksim{R}^{n/2-1}$ for the extrinsic curvature of the slices. These slices are asymptotically null in the sense that their Lorentz factor relative to stationary observers diverges as $Gammasim{R}^{n/2}$. While $1<nle2$ slices intersect $scri$, $0<nle1$ slices end at $i^0$. We carry out numerical tests with the spherical wave equation on Minkowski and Schwarzschild spacetime. Simulations using our coordinates with $0<nle2$ achieve higher accuracy at lower computational cost in following outgoing waves to very large radius than using standard $n=0$ slices without compactification. Power-law tails in Schwarzschild are also correctly represented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0512149

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zbMATH Keywords

numerical relativityasymptotically null slices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30)

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