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Constraint-preserving Sommerfeld conditions for the harmonic Einstein equations

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-03-20 v1

Abstract

The principle part of Einstein equations in the harmonic gauge consists of a constrained system of 10 curved space wave equations for the components of the space-time metric. A new formulation of constraint-preserving boundary conditions of the Sommerfeld type for such systems has recently been proposed. We implement these boundary conditions in a nonlinear 3D evolution code and test their accuracy.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0612051,
  title  = {Constraint-preserving Sommerfeld conditions for the harmonic Einstein equations},
  author = {M. C. Babiuc and H-O. Kreiss and Jeffrey Winicour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0612051},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, 17 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D