Radiation outer boundary conditions and near-to-far field signal transformations for the Bardeen-Press equation

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Autores principales: Bishoyi, Som Dev, Field, Scott E., Lau, Stephen R.
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author Bishoyi, Som Dev
Field, Scott E.
Lau, Stephen R.
author_facet Bishoyi, Som Dev
Field, Scott E.
Lau, Stephen R.
contents Several theoretical and astrophysical problems - including gravitational-wave modeling for extreme mass-ratio inspirals - require accurate time-domain solutions of the spin-weight $s=-2$ Teukolsky equation in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates. Because such simulations are performed on finite computational domains, they typically introduce an artificial outer boundary where nontrivial boundary conditions must be imposed. If these conditions are inaccurate, then spurious reflections and slowly-growing unphysical modes may corrupt long-time evolutions. We develop and implement exact radiation outer boundary conditions for the Bardeen-Press equation (a harmonic moment of the $a=0$ Teukolsky equation), making the artificial boundary transparent at any finite radius. We also construct near-to-far field teleportation kernels that map field data recorded at finite radius $r_1$ to the data reaching $r_2 > r_1$. The possible choice $r_2 = \infty$ corresponds to asymptotic waveform evaluation, that is propagation of the data to future null infinity. We show that both boundary and teleportation kernels are well approximated by exponential sums, with associated error bounds. Implemented in a time-domain solver, our kernel-based boundary conditions eliminate unphysical late-time growth and give the correct late-time decay rates, affording efficient long-duration simulations for waveform modeling and related blackhole perturbation calculations.
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spellingShingle Radiation outer boundary conditions and near-to-far field signal transformations for the Bardeen-Press equation
Bishoyi, Som Dev
Field, Scott E.
Lau, Stephen R.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Numerical Analysis
Several theoretical and astrophysical problems - including gravitational-wave modeling for extreme mass-ratio inspirals - require accurate time-domain solutions of the spin-weight $s=-2$ Teukolsky equation in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates. Because such simulations are performed on finite computational domains, they typically introduce an artificial outer boundary where nontrivial boundary conditions must be imposed. If these conditions are inaccurate, then spurious reflections and slowly-growing unphysical modes may corrupt long-time evolutions. We develop and implement exact radiation outer boundary conditions for the Bardeen-Press equation (a harmonic moment of the $a=0$ Teukolsky equation), making the artificial boundary transparent at any finite radius. We also construct near-to-far field teleportation kernels that map field data recorded at finite radius $r_1$ to the data reaching $r_2 > r_1$. The possible choice $r_2 = \infty$ corresponds to asymptotic waveform evaluation, that is propagation of the data to future null infinity. We show that both boundary and teleportation kernels are well approximated by exponential sums, with associated error bounds. Implemented in a time-domain solver, our kernel-based boundary conditions eliminate unphysical late-time growth and give the correct late-time decay rates, affording efficient long-duration simulations for waveform modeling and related blackhole perturbation calculations.
title Radiation outer boundary conditions and near-to-far field signal transformations for the Bardeen-Press equation
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22734