NUMERICAL-METHODS FOR SOLVING THE PLANAR VACUUM EINSTEIN EQUATIONS

被引:7
作者
ANNINOS, P
CENTRELLA, J
MATZNER, RA
机构
[1] DREXEL UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ATMOSPHER SCI,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[2] UNIV TEXAS,CTR RELAT,AUSTIN,TX 78712
[3] UNIV ILLINOIS,NATL CTR SUPERCOMP APPLICAT,URBANA,IL 61801
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1991年 / 43卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.43.1808
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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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页码:1808 / 1824
页数:17
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