Calculating initial data for the conformal Einstein equations by pseudo-spectral methods
| dc.creator | Frauendiener, Jörg | |
| dc.date | 1998-06-26 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:32:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:32:29Z | |
| dc.description | We present a numerical scheme for determining hyperboloidal initial data sets for the conformal field equations by using pseudo-spectral methods. This problem is split into two parts. The first step is the determination of a suitable conformal factor which transforms from an initial data set in physical space-time to a hyperboloidal hypersurface in the ambient conformal manifold. This is achieved by solving the Yamabe equation, a non-linear second order equation. The second step is a division by the conformal factor of certain fields which vanish on $\scri$, the zero set of the conformal factor. The challenge there is to numerically obtain a smooth quotient. Both parts are treated by pseudo-spectral methods. The non-linear equation is solved iteratively while the division problem is treated by transforming the problem to the coefficient space, solving it there by the QR-factorisation of a suitable matrix, and then transforming back. These hyperboloidal initial data can be used to generate general relativistic space-times by evolution with the conformal field equations. | |
| dc.description | LaTeX2e, 18 pages, 7 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806103 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806103 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36254 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Calculating initial data for the conformal Einstein equations by pseudo-spectral methods | |
| dc.type | text |