The eth formalism in numerical relativity

被引:82
作者
Gomez, R
Lehner, L
Papadopoulos, P
Winicour, J
机构
[1] Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
[2] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
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10.1088/0264-9381/14/4/013
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We present a finite difference version of the eth formalism, which allows use of tensor fields in spherical coordinates in a manner which avoids polar singularities. The method employs two overlapping stereographic coordinate patches, with interpolations between the patches in the regions of overlap. It provides a new and effective computational tool for dealing with a wide variety of systems in which spherical coordinates are natural, such as the generation of radiation from an isolated source. We test the formalism with the evolution of waves in three spatial dimensions and the calculation of the curvature scalar of arbitrarily curved geometries on topologically spherical manifolds. The formalism is applied to the solution of the Robinson-Trautman equation and reveals some new features of gravitational waveforms in the nonlinear regime.
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页码:977 / 990
页数:14
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