Phys. Rev. D 63, 104006 (2001) [6 pages]

Simple excision of a black hole in 3+1 numerical relativity

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Miguel Alcubierre and Bernd Brügmann
Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany

Received 6 September 2000; published 5 April 2001

We describe a simple implementation of black hole excision in 3+1 numerical relativity. We apply this technique to a Schwarzschild black hole with octant symmetry in Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates and show how one can obtain accurate, long-term stable numerical evolutions.


©2001 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v63/e104006
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.104006
PACS: 04.25.Dm, 04.30.Db, 95.30.Sf, 97.60.Lf

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