NUMERICALLY GENERATED AXISYMMETRICAL BLACK-HOLE SPACETIMES - NUMERICAL-METHODS AND CODE TESTS

Authors
BERNSTEIN D HOBILL D SEIDEL E SMARR L TOWNS J
Citation
D. Bernstein et al., NUMERICALLY GENERATED AXISYMMETRICAL BLACK-HOLE SPACETIMES - NUMERICAL-METHODS AND CODE TESTS, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 50(8), 1994, pp. 5000-5024
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
50
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
5000 - 5024
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1994)50:8<5000:NGABS->2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We develop a flexible computer code to study axisymmetric black hole s pacetimes. The code is currently set up to evolve the fully nonlinear Einstein equations in azimuthal and equatorial plane symmetry. The ini tial data for this code generally consists of a combination of one bla ck hole and an arbitrary amplitude, time symmetric gravitational wave. We present a discussion of the mathematical framework for the problem , various coordinate and time slice choices, and a battery of code tes ts.