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The affine-null metric formulation of Einstein's equations

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-15 v2

Abstract

The details are presented of a new evolution algorithm for the characteristic initial-boundary value problem based upon an affine parameter rather than the areal radial coordinate used in the Bondi-Sachs formulation. The advantages over the Bondi-Sachs version are discussed, with particular emphasis on the application to the characteristic extraction of the gravitational waveform from Cauchy simulations of general relativistic astrophysical systems.

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@article{arxiv.1303.6969,
  title  = {The affine-null metric formulation of Einstein's equations},
  author = {J. Winicour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.6969},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Version to appear in Physical Review D

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