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This article studies a numerical relativity approach to the initial value problem in Anti-de Sitter spacetime relevant for dual non-equilibrium evolution of strongly coupled non-Abelian plasma undergoing Bjorken expansion. In order to use…

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We construct initial data suitable for the Kerr stability conjecture, that is, solutions to the constraint equations on a spacelike hypersurface with boundary entering the black hole horizon that are arbitrarily decaying perturbations of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Allen Juntao Fang , Jérémie Szeftel , Arthur Touati

We are entering an era where the numerical construction of generic spacetimes is becoming a reality. The use of computer simulations, in principle, allows us to solve Einstein equations in their full generality and unravel important…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Luis Lehner

Given a collection of N solutions of the (3+1) vacuum Einstein constraint equations which are asymptotically Euclidean, we show how to construct a new solution of the constraints which is itself asymptotically Euclidean, and which contains…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-09 Piotr T. Chruściel , Justin Corvino , James Isenberg

In recent years, the use of conformal transformation techniques has become widespread in the literature on gravitational theories alternative to general relativity, on cosmology, and on nonminimally coupled scalar fields. Typically, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Valerio Faraoni , Edgard Gunzig , Pasquale Nardone

Shibata, Ury\=u and Friedman recently suggested a new decomposition of Einstein's equations that is useful for constructing initial data. In contrast to previous decompositions, the conformal metric is no longer treated as a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-23 Gregory B. Cook , Thomas W. Baumgarte

We analyze existence and properties of solutions of two-dimensional general relativistic initial data sets with a negative cosmological constant, both on spacelike and characteristic surfaces. A new family of such vacuum, spacelike data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-07 Piotr T. Chruściel , Wan Cong , Théophile Quéau , Raphaela Wutte

In this paper we investigate the parabolic-hyperbolic formulation of the vacuum constraint equations introduced by R{\'a}cz with a view to constructing multiple black hole initial data sets without spin. In order to respect the natural…

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We construct the first-order perturbative Taub-NUT black hole solutions in Einstein gravity extended with a cubic curvature invariant. The corrected thermodynamic quantities are then obtained by the standard method and the first law and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-13 Yu-Qi Chen , Hai-Shan Liu , H. Lu

We derive the BPS type of first order differential equations for the rotating black hole solutions in the three-dimensional Einstein gravity coupled minimally with a self-interacting scalar field, using fake supersymmetry formalism. It…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-03 Seungjoon Hyun , Jaehoon Jeong , Sang-Heon Yi

We solve for single distorted black hole initial data using the puncture method, where the Hamiltonian constraint is written as an elliptic equation in R^3 for the nonsingular part of the metric conformal factor. With this approach we can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 J. David Brown , Lisa L. Lowe

Sequences of initial-data sets representing binary black holes in quasi-circular orbits have been used to calculate what may be interpreted as the innermost stable circular orbit. These sequences have been computed with two approaches. One…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Pablo Laguna

The uniqueness and rigidity of black holes remain central themes in gravitational research. In this work, we investigate the construction of all extremal black hole solutions to the Einstein equation for a given near-horizon geometry,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-06 Jan Gutowski , Chettha Saelim , Martin Wolf

The nonlinear Maxwell Lagrangian preserving both conformal and SO(2) duality-rotation invariance has been introduced very recently. Here, in the context of Einstein's theory of gravity minimally coupled with this nonlinear electrodynamics,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 Z. Amirabi , S. Habib Mazharimousavi

In certain models of conformal gravity, the propagation of gravitational waves is governed by a fourth order scalar partial differential equation. We study the initial value problem for a generalization of this equation, and derive a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-08 Sanjeev S. Seahra

We formulate an initial boundary value problem (IBVP) for the vacuum Einstein equations by describing the boundary conditions of a spacetime metric in its associated gauge. This gauge is determined, equivariantly with respect to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-12 Zhongshan An , Michael T. Anderson

A new numerical method to construct binary black hole/neutron star initial data is presented. The method uses three spherical coordinate patches; Two of these are centered at the binary compact objects and cover a neighborhood of each…

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Modified gravity theories such as Einstein scalar Gauss Bonnet (EsGB) contain higher derivative terms in the spacetime curvature in their action, which results in modifications to the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints of the theory. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-01 Sam E. Brady , Llibert Aresté Saló , Katy Clough , Pau Figueras , Annamalai P. S

A detailed account is given on approximation schemes to the Einstein theory of general relativity where the iteration starts from the Newton theory of gravity. Two different coordinate conditions are used to represent the Einstein field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-19 Gerhard Schäfer

To study asymptotic structures, we regularize Einstein's field equations by means of conformal transformations. The conformal factor is chosen so that it carries a dimensional scale that captures crucial asymptotic features. By choosing a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Niklas Rohr , Claes Uggla