Published May 15, 1996 | Version Published + Submitted
Journal Article Open

Testing a simplified version of Einstein's equations for numerical relativity

  • 1. ROR icon Cornell University

Abstract

Solving dynamical problems in general relativity requires the full machinery of numerical relativity. Wilson has proposed a simpler but approximate scheme for systems near equilibrium, such as binary neutron stars. We test the scheme on isolated, rapidly rotating, relativistic stars. Since these objects are in equilibrium, it is crucial that the approximation works well if we are to believe its predictions for more complicated systems such as binaries. Our results are very encouraging.

Additional Information

© 1996 American Physical Society. (Received 5 December 1995) We thank E. Gourgoulhon for useful discussions about the work on relativistic virial quantities in Refs. [11,12]. This work was supported in part by NSF Grant Nos. AST 91- 19475 and PHY 94-08378, and by NASA Grant No. NAGW-2364 to Cornell University. We also acknowledge support from the Grand Challenge Grant No. NSF PHY 93-18152/ASC 93-18152.

Attached Files

Published - PhysRevD.53.5533.pdf

Submitted - 9512009.pdf

Files

9512009.pdf

Files (357.9 kB)

Name Size
md5:74fe6ac538ae6dd989ec527326bb48b2
184.5 kB Preview Download
md5:ac4283ccff9a0810fcdaa3d6de6709cd
173.4 kB Preview Download

Additional details

Identifiers

Eprint ID
87862
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20180713-164230222

Related works

Funding

NSF
AST 91-19475
NSF
PHY 94-08378
NASA
NAGW-2364
NSF
PHY 93-18152
NSF
ASC 93-18152

Dates

Created
2018-07-16
Created from EPrint's datestamp field
Updated
2021-11-16
Created from EPrint's last_modified field

Caltech Custom Metadata

Caltech groups
Physics Department