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Over the Rainbow: Numerical Relativity beyond Scri+

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

This is a study of the behavior of wave equations in conformally compactified spacetimes suited to the use of computational boundaries beyond Scri+. There light cones may be adjusted for computational convenience and/or Scri+ may be approximated by a "proto-Scri" spacelike hypersurface just outside a de Sitter horizon. One expects a numerical implementation to excise the physically unnecessary universe somewhat beyond the outer horizon. As an entry level example I study forms of the Maxwell equations and causal relations for an outer boundary in that example.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0512167,
  title  = {Over the Rainbow: Numerical Relativity beyond Scri+},
  author = {Charles W. Misner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0512167},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

5 pages, no figures; added acknowledgements and references in v2

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