Using curvature invariants for wave extraction in numerical relativity

Details Using curvature invariants for wave extraction in numerical relativity Using curvature invariants for wave extraction in numerical relativity

2008-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/0811.1600v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

7 pages

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We present a new expression for the Weyl scalar Psi_4 that can be used in numerical relativity to extract the gravitational wave content of a spacetime. The formula relies upon the identification of transverse tetrads, namely the ones in which Psi_1=Psi_3=0. It is well known that tetrads with this property always exist in a general Petrov type I spacetime. A sub-class of these tetrads naturally converges to the Kinnersley tetrad in the limit of Petrov type D spacetime. However, the transverse condition fixes only four of the six parameters coming from the Lorentz group of transformations applied to tetrads. Here we fix the tetrad completely, in particular by giving the expression for the spin-boost transformation that was still unclear. The value of Psi_4 in this optimal tetrad is given as a function of the two curvature invariants I and J.

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