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Excising das All: Evolving Maxwell waves beyond ScriWe study the numerical propagation of waves through future null infinity in a conformally compactified spacetime. We introduce an artificial cosmological constant, which allows us some control over the causal structure near null infinity. We exploit this freedom to ensure that all light cones are tilted outward in a region near null infinity, which allows us to impose excision-style boundary conditions in our finite difference code. In this preliminary study we consider electromagnetic waves propagating in a static, conformally compactified spacetime.
Document ID
20060013207
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
vanMeter, James R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fiske, David R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Misner, Charles W.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2006
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG06LA42C
CONTRACT_GRANT: ATP02-0043-0056
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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