NUMERICALLY GENERATED AXISYMMETRICAL BLACK-HOLE SPACETIMES - NUMERICAL-METHODS AND CODE TESTS

被引:25
作者
BERNSTEIN, D
HOBILL, D
SEIDEL, E
SMARR, L
TOWNS, J
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,NATL CTR SUPERCOMP APPLICAT,605 E SPRINGFIELD AVE,CHAMPAIGN,IL 61820
[2] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT PHYS,URBANA,IL 61801
[3] UNIV CALGARY,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,CALGARY T2N 1N4,AB,CANADA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1994年 / 50卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.50.5000
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We develop a flexible computer code to study axisymmetric black hole spacetimes. The code is currently set up to evolve the fully nonlinear Einstein equations in azimuthal and equatorial plane symmetry. The initial data for this code generally consists of a combination of one black hole and an arbitrary amplitude, time symmetric gravitational wave. We present a discussion of the mathematical framework for the problem, various coordinate and time slice choices, and a battery of code tests.
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页码:5000 / 5024
页数:25
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