A new numerical method to construct binary neutron star initial data

Details A new numerical method to construct binary neutron star initial data A new numerical method to construct binary neutron star initial data

2009-08-05

arxiv.org/abs/0908.0620v1

Class.Quant.Grav.26:175018,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

18 pages, 8 figures, 1 table

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/26/17/175018

We present a new numerical method for the generation of binary neutron star initial data using a method along the lines of the the Wilson-Mathews or the closely related conformal thin sandwich approach. Our method uses six different computational domains, which include spatial infinity. Each domain has its own coordinates which are chosen such that the star surfaces always coincide with domain boundaries. These properties facilitate the imposition of boundary conditions. Since all our fields are smooth inside each domain, we are able to use an efficient pseudospectral method to solve the elliptic equations associated with the conformal thin sandwich approach. Currently we have implemented corotating configurations with arbitrary mass ratios, but an extension to arbitrary spins is possible. The main purpose of this paper is to introduce our new method and to test our code for several different configurations.

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