A Symmetry breaking mechanism for the Z4 general covariant evolution system
Jul, 2003
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The general-covariant Z4 formalism is further analyzed. The gauge conditions are generalized with a view to Numerical Relativity applications and the conditions for obtaining strongly hyperbolic evolution systems are given both at the first and the second order levels. A symmetry-breaking mechanism is proposed that allows one, when applied in a partial way, to recover previously proposed strongly hyperbolic formalisms, like the BSSN and the Bona-Mass\'o ones. When applied in its full form, the symmetry breaking mechanism allows one to recover the full five-parameter family of first order KST systems. Numerical codes based in the proposed formalisms are tested. A robust stability test is provided by evolving random noise data around Minkowski space-time. A strong field test is provided by the collapse of a periodic background of plane gravitational waves, as described by the Gowdy metric.- 04.25.Dm
- relativity theory
- symmetry breaking
- space-time: Gowdy
- stability
- gravitational radiation
- numerical calculations
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