Published March 15, 1991 | Version v1
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Numerical methods for solving the planar vacuum Einstein equations

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 (USA)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Center for Relativity, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 (USA)

Description

We describe a numerical code developed as a tool to investigate fully nonlinear behavior in the one-dimensional vacuum Einstein equations in plane symmetry. We use the York splitting into free and constrained variables to solve the initial-value equations. These data are then propagated in time using a fully constrained evolution scheme. We carry out a perturbative treatment of the Einstein equations and use the results as test-bed calculations for the code

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1808-1824
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22061455
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COSMOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; HAMILTONIANS; METRICS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PERTURBATION THEORY; SPACE-TIME; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS