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Linearized solutions of the Einstein equations within a Bondi-Sachs framework, and implications for boundary conditions in numerical simulations
We linearize the Einstein equations when the metric is Bondi-Sachs, when the
background is Schwarzschild or Minkowski, and when there is a matter source in
the form of a thin shell whose density varies with time and angular position.
By performing an eigenfunction decomposition, we reduce the problem to a system
of linear ordinary differential equations which we are able to solve. The
solutions are relevant to the characteristic formulation of numerical
relativity: (a) as exact solutions against which computations of gravitational
radiation can be compared; and (b) in formulating boundary conditions on the
Schwarzschild horizon.Comment: Revised following referee comment
High-powered Gravitational News
We describe the computation of the Bondi news for gravitational radiation. We
have implemented a computer code for this problem. We discuss the theory behind
it as well as the results of validation tests. Our approach uses the
compactified null cone formalism, with the computational domain extending to
future null infinity and with a worldtube as inner boundary. We calculate the
appropriate full Einstein equations in computational eth form in (a) the
interior of the computational domain and (b) on the inner boundary. At future
null infinity, we transform the computed data into standard Bondi coordinates
and so are able to express the news in terms of its standard and
polarization components. The resulting code is stable and
second-order convergent. It runs successfully even in the highly nonlinear
case, and has been tested with the news as high as 400, which represents a
gravitational radiation power of about .Comment: 24 pages, 4 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Atomic scale lattice distortions and domain wall profiles
We present an atomic scale theory of lattice distortions using strain related
variables and their constraint equations. Our approach connects constrained
{\it atomic length} scale variations to {\it continuum} elasticity and
describes elasticity at several length scales. We apply the approach to a
two-dimensional square lattice with a monatomic basis, and find the elastic
deformations and hierarchical atomic relaxations in the vicinity of a domain
wall between two different homogeneous strain states. We clarify the
microscopic origin of gradient terms, some of which are included
phenomenologically in Ginzburg-Landau theory, by showing that they are
anisotropic.Comment: 6 figure
Two Steps Block Method for the Solution of General Second Order Initial Value Problems of Ordinary Differential Equation
In this paper, an implicit block linear multistep method for the solution of ordinary differential equation
was extended to the general form of differential equation. This method is self starting and does not
need a predictor to solve for the unknown in the corrector. The method can also be extended to
boundary value problems without additional cost. The method was found to be efficient after being
tested with numerical problems of second order
Electron-Phonon Driven Spin Frustration in Multi-Band Hubbard Models: MX Chains and Oxide Superconductors
We discuss the consequences of both electron-phonon and electron-electron
couplings in 1D and 2D multi-band (Peierls-Hubbard) models. After briefly
discussing various analytic limits, we focus on (Hartree-Fock and exact)
numerical studies in the intermediate regime for both couplings, where unusual
spin-Peierls as well as long-period, frustrated ground states are found. Doping
into such phases or near the phase boundaries can lead to further interesting
phenomena such as separation of spin and charge, a dopant-induced phase
transition of the global (parent) phase, or real-space (``bipolaronic'')
pairing. We discuss possible experimentally observable consequences of this
rich phase diagram for halogen-bridged, transition metal, linear chain
complexes (MX chains) in 1D and the oxide superconductors in 2D.Comment: 6 pages, four postscript figures (appended), in regular Te
Ill-posedness in the Einstein equations
It is shown that the formulation of the Einstein equations widely in use in
numerical relativity, namely, the standard ADM form, as well as some of its
variations (including the most recent conformally-decomposed version), suffers
from a certain but standard type of ill-posedness. Specifically, the norm of
the solution is not bounded by the norm of the initial data irrespective of the
data. A long-running numerical experiment is performed as well, showing that
the type of ill-posedness observed may not be serious in specific practical
applications, as is known from many numerical simulations.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of
Mathematical Physics (to appear August 2000
Cauchy boundaries in linearized gravitational theory
We investigate the numerical stability of Cauchy evolution of linearized
gravitational theory in a 3-dimensional bounded domain. Criteria of robust
stability are proposed, developed into a testbed and used to study various
evolution-boundary algorithms. We construct a standard explicit finite
difference code which solves the unconstrained linearized Einstein equations in
the 3+1 formulation and measure its stability properties under Dirichlet,
Neumann and Sommerfeld boundary conditions. We demonstrate the robust stability
of a specific evolution-boundary algorithm under random constraint violating
initial data and random boundary data.Comment: 23 pages including 3 figures and 2 tables, revte
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