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利用特征数值相对论的观测宇宙学:零测地线的特征形式

Observational cosmology using characteristic numerical relativity: Characteristic formalism on null geodesics

P. J. van der Walt, N. T. Bishop

摘要:

数值相对论的特征形式是基于一个与输出零锥对齐的坐标系。虽然这些坐标是为研究引力波而设计的,但它们也可以很容易地适应于模拟宇宙学的过去零锥(PNC)。类似于宇宙学的观测方法中的观测坐标,这提供了一个模型,只利用与观测者有因果关系的信息。然而,直径的距离,这是用来作为一个径向坐标,限制了该模型的宇宙学应用的区域之前,PNC重新聚焦。这是因为在重新聚焦之后,直径距离不再是距离的唯一度量。本文通过引入一个基于Bondi-Sachs度量的度量来解决这个问题,其中径向坐标由仿射参数代替。一个模型来自这个度量,然后显示如何现有的数值方案可以适应模拟宇宙学PNC行为。数值计算结果表明,该模型具有与标准特征形式相同的稳定性和收敛性。

英文摘要:

The characteristic formalism of numerical relativity is based on a system of coordinates aligned with outgoing null cones. While these coordinates were designed for studying gravitational waves, they can also be easily adapted to model cosmological past null cones (PNCs). Similar to observational coordinates in the observational approach to cosmology, this then provides a model that only makes use of information causally connected to an observer. However, the diameter distance, which is used as a radial coordinate, limits the model's cosmological application to the region prior to the PNC refocussing. This is because after refocussing, the diameter distance ceases to be a unique measure of distance. This paper addresses the problem by introducing a metric based on the Bondi-Sachs metric where the radial coordinate is replaced by an affine parameter. A model is derived from this metric and it is then shown how an existing numerical scheme can be adapted for simulation of cosmological PNC behaviour. Numerical calculations on this model are found to have the same stability and convergence properties as the standard characteristic formalism.

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