3+1 formalism and bases of numerical relativity - LUTh ...
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166 Choice <strong>of</strong> foliation <strong>and</strong> spatial coordinates<br />
Another way to introduce minimal distortion amounts to minimizing the integral<br />
<br />
S = QijQ ij√ γ d 3 x (9.59)<br />
Σt<br />
with respect to the shift vector β, keeping the slicing fixed (i.e. fixing γ, K <strong>and</strong> N). Indeed, if<br />
we replace Q by its expression (9.54), we get<br />
<br />
S =<br />
Σt<br />
4N 2 AijA ij − 4NAij(Lβ) ij + (Lβ)ij(Lβ) ij √ γ d 3 x. (9.60)<br />
At fixed values <strong>of</strong> γ, K <strong>and</strong> N, δN = 0, δAij = 0 <strong>and</strong> δ(Lβ) ij = (Lδβ) ij , so that the variation<br />
<strong>of</strong> S with respect to β is<br />
<br />
<br />
δS = −4NAij(Lδβ) ij + 2(Lβ)ij(Lδβ) ij <br />
√ 3<br />
γd x = 2 Qij(Lδβ) ij √ γ d 3 x. (9.61)<br />
Σt<br />
Now, since Q is symmetric <strong>and</strong> traceless, Qij(Lδβ) ij = Qij(D i δβ j + D j δβ i − 2/3Dkδβ k γ ij ) =<br />
Qij(D i δβ j + D j δβ i ) = 2QijD i δβ j . Hence<br />
<br />
δS = 4<br />
<br />
= 4<br />
<br />
= 4<br />
Σt<br />
Σt<br />
∂Σt<br />
QijD i δβ j √ γ d 3 x<br />
Σt<br />
D i Qijδβ j − D i Qij δβ j √ γ d 3 x<br />
Qijδβ j s i √ q d 2 <br />
y − 4<br />
Σt<br />
D i Qij δβ j √ γ d 3 x (9.62)<br />
Assuming that δβ i = 0 at the boundaries <strong>of</strong> Σt (for instance at spatial infinity), we deduce from<br />
the above relation that δS = 0 for any variation <strong>of</strong> the shift vector if <strong>and</strong> only if D i Qij = 0.<br />
Hence we recover condition (9.52).<br />
In stationary spacetimes, an important property <strong>of</strong> the minimal distortion gauge is to be<br />
fulfilled by coordinates adapted to the stationarity (i.e. such that ∂t is a Killing vector): it is<br />
immediate from Eq. (9.44) that Q = 0 when ∂t is a symmetry generator, so that condition (9.52)<br />
is trivially satisfied. Another nice feature <strong>of</strong> the minimal distortion gauge is that in the weak field<br />
region (radiative zone), it includes the st<strong>and</strong>ard TT gauge <strong>of</strong> linearized gravity [246]. Actually<br />
Smarr <strong>and</strong> York [246] have advocated for maximal slicing combined with minimal distortion as a<br />
very good coordinate choice for radiative spacetimes, calling such choice the radiation gauge.<br />
Remark : A “new minimal distortion” gauge has been introduced in 2006 by Jantzen <strong>and</strong> York<br />
[164]. It corrects the time derivative <strong>of</strong> ˜γ in the original minimal distortion condition by<br />
the lapse function N [cf. relation (3.15) between the coordinate time t <strong>and</strong> the Eulerian<br />
observer’s proper time τ], i.e. one requires<br />
D j<br />
<br />
1<br />
N Qij<br />
<br />
= 0 (9.63)