Spherically symmetric black hole spacetimes on hyperboloidal slices

Abstract

Gravitational radiation and some global properties of spacetimes can only be unambiguously measured at future null infinity . This motivates the interest in reaching it within simulations of coalescing compact objects, whose waveforms are extracted for gravitational wave modelling purposes. One promising method to include future null infinity in the numerical domain is the evolution on hyperboloidal slices: smooth spacelike slices that reach future null infinity. The main challenge in this approach is the treatment of the compactified asymptotic region at future null infinity. Evolution on a hyperboloidal slice of a spacetime including a black hole entails an extra layer of difficulty, in part due to the finite coordinate distance between the black hole and future null infinity. Spherical symmetry is considered here as simplest setup still encompassing the full complication of the treatment along the radial coordinate. First, the construction of constant-mean-curvature hyperboloidal trumpet slices for Schwarzschild and Reissner-Nordström black hole spacetimes is reviewed from the point of view of the puncture approach. Then, the framework is set for solving hyperboloidal-adapted hyperbolic gauge conditions for stationary trumpet initial data, providing solutions for two specific sets of parameters. Finally, results of testing these initial data in evolution are presented.

28 pages, 15 figures, matches published version

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