Self force via $m$-mode regularization and 2+1D evolution: II. Scalar-field implementation on Kerr spacetime

Details Self force via $m$-mode regularization and 2+1D evolution: II. Scalar-field implementation on Kerr spacetime Self force via $m$-mode regularization and 2+1D evolution: II. Scalar-field implementation on Kerr spacetime

2011-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/1107.0012v3

Phys.Rev.D84:084001(2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

30 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables. To match published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.84.084001

This is the second in a series of papers aimed at developing a practical time-domain method for self-force calculations in Kerr spacetime. The key elements of the method are (i) removal of a singular part of the perturbation field with a suitable analytic "puncture" based on the Detweiler--Whiting decomposition, (ii) decomposition of the perturbation equations in azimuthal ($m$-)modes, taking advantage of the axial symmetry of the Kerr background, (iii) numerical evolution of the individual $m$-modes in 2+1-dimensions with a finite difference scheme, and (iv) reconstruction of the physical self-force from the mode sum. Here we report an implementation of the method to compute the scalar-field self-force along circular equatorial geodesic orbits around a Kerr black hole. This constitutes a first time-domain computation of the self force in Kerr geometry. Our time-domain code reproduces the results of a recent frequency-domain calculation by Warburton and Barack, but has the added advantage of being readily adaptable to include the back-reaction from the self force in a self-consistent manner. In a forthcoming paper---the third in the series---we apply our method to the gravitational self-force (in the Lorenz gauge).

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