Analysis of ``Gauge Modes'' in Linearized Relativity
arXiv:gr-qc/9607031 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/14/1/004
Abstract
By writing the complete set of (ADM) equations for linearized waves, we are able to demonstrate the properties of the initial data and of the evolution of a wave problem set by Alcubierre and Schutz. We show that the gauge modes and constraint error modes arise in a straightforward way in the analysis, and are of a form which will be controlled in any well specified convergent computational discretization of the differential equations.
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