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Hyperboloidal evolution with the Einstein equations

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider an approach to the hyperboloidal evolution problem based on the Einstein equations written for a rescaled metric. It is shown that a conformal scale factor can be freely prescribed a priori in terms of coordinates in a well-posed hyperboloidal initial value problem such that the location of null infinity is independent of the time coordinate. With an appropriate choice of a single gauge source function each of the formally singular conformal source terms in the equations attains a regular limit at null infinity. The suggested approach could be beneficial in numerical relativity for both wave extraction and outer boundary treatment.

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@article{arxiv.0808.0810,
  title  = {Hyperboloidal evolution with the Einstein equations},
  author = {Anil Zenginoglu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0810},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages; uses iop style

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