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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0808.0810,
title = {Hyperboloidal evolution with the Einstein equations},
author = {Anil Zenginoglu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0810},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
10 pages; uses iop style