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We describe in this article a new code for evolving axisymmetric isolated systems in general relativity. Such systems are described by asymptotically flat space-times which have the property that they admit a conformal extension. We are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Frauendiener , Matthias Hein

The classification of certain class of static solutions for the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in vacuum is presented. The spacelike section of the class of metrics under consideration is a warped product of the real line with a nontrivial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-04-24 Gustavo Dotti , Julio Oliva , Ricardo Troncoso

A large class of initial-boundary value problems of linear evolution partial differential equations formulated on the half-line is analyzed via the unified transform method. In particular, explicit formulae are presented for the generalized…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-21 Athanassios S. Fokas , Zipeng Wang

For quantum systems described by finite matrices, linear and affine maps of matrices are shown to provide equivalent descriptions of evolution of density matrices for a subsystem caused by unitary Hamiltonian evolution in a larger system;…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Thomas F. Jordan

The null-timelike initial-boundary value problem for a hyperbolic system of equations consists of the evolution of data given on an initial characteristic surface and on a timelike worldtube to produce a solution in the exterior of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-16 H-O. Kreiss , J. Winicour

Inspired by interaction of gravitational waves and dark matters, we study the Bondi-Sachs formalism for Einstein massless scalar field with zero cosmological constant. We provide asymptotic expansions for the Bondi-Sachs metrics as well as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-29 Jialue Li , Xiao Zhang

Cauchy-characteristic evolution (CCE) is a powerful method for accurately extracting gravitational waves at future null infinity. In this work, we extend the previously implemented CCE system within the numerical relativity code SpECTRE by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-12 Sizheng Ma , Kyle C. Nelli , Jordan Moxon , Mark A. Scheel , Nils Deppe , Lawrence E. Kidder , William Throwe , Nils L. Vu

We use Fuchsian Reduction to construct singular solutions of Einstein's equations which belong to the class of Gowdy spacetimes. The solutions have the maximum number of arbitrary functions. Special cases correspond to polarized, or other…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-03 Satyanad Kichenassamy , Alan D. Rendall

We show how the use of the normal projection of the Einstein tensor as a set of boundary conditions relates to the propagation of the constraints, for two representations of the Einstein equations with vanishing shift vector: the ADM…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Simonetta Frittelli , Roberto Gomez

A general covariant extension of Einstein\'{}s field equations is considered with a view to Numerical Relativity applications. The basic variables are taken to be the metric tensor and an additional four-vector $Z_\mu$. Einstein's solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-21 C. Bona , T. Ledvinka , C. Palenzuela , M. Zacek

A boundary integral formulation for the solution of the Helmholtz equation is developed in which all traditional singular behaviour in the boundary integrals is removed analytically. The numerical precision of this approach is illustrated…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Q. Sun , E. Klaseboer , B. C. Khoo , D. Y. C. Chan

A new method for the solution of initial-boundary value problems for evolution PDEs recently introduced by Fokas is generalised to multidimensions. Also the relation of this method with the method of images and with the classical integral…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Athanassios S. Fokas , Daniel ben-Avraham

Many alternative formulations of Einstein's evolution have lately been examined, in an effort to discover one which yields slow growth of constraint-violating errors. In this paper, rather than directly search for well-behaved formulations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-04-03 R. O'Shaughnessy

In this paper we study a numerical implementation for the initial boundary value formulation for the generalized conformal field equations. We propose a formulation which is well suited for the study of the long-time behaviour of perturbed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-18 Florian Beyer , Jörg Frauendiener , Chris Stevens , Ben Whale

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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-20 M. C. Babiuc , H-O. Kreiss , Jeffrey Winicour

We propose a general method for constructing boundary integrable Gaudin models associated with (twisted) affine algebras ${\cal G}^{(k)} (k=1, 2)$, where ${\cal G}$ is a simple Lie algebra or superalgebra. Many new integrable Gaudin models…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark D. Gould , Wen-Li Yang , Yao-Zhong Zhang , Shao-You Zhao

We extend a recently developed numerical code to obtain stationary, axisymmetric solutions that describe rotating black hole spacetimes in a wide class of modified theories of gravity. The code utilizes a relaxed Newton-Raphson method to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-30 Andrew Sullivan , Nicolás Yunes , Thomas P. Sotiriou

A general covariant extension of Einstein's field equations is considered with a view to Numerical Relativity applications. The basic variables are taken to be the metric tensor and an additional four-vector. The extended field equations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Bona , T. Ledvinka , C. Palenzuela , M. Zacek

We derive, in 3+1 spacetime dimensions, two alternative systems of quasi-linear wave equations, based on Friedrich's conformal field equations. We analyse their equivalence to Einstein's vacuum field equations when appropriate constraint…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-23 Tim-Torben Paetz

This is the first paper in a series aimed to implement boundary conditions consistent with the constraints' propagation in 3D numerical relativity. Here we consider spherically symmetric black hole spacetimes in vacuum or with a minimally…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Gioel Calabrese , Luis Lehner , Manuel Tiglio