Simple excision of a black hole innumerical relativity
- 5 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 63 (10)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.63.104006
Abstract
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.Keywords
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