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authorjthorn <jthorn@f88db872-0e4f-0410-b76b-b9085cfa78c5>2004-01-16 14:45:35 +0000
committerjthorn <jthorn@f88db872-0e4f-0410-b76b-b9085cfa78c5>2004-01-16 14:45:35 +0000
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better document which of the radia, circumferences, and areas
in the BH_diagnostics file are coordinate vs proper quantities git-svn-id: http://svn.einsteintoolkit.org/cactus/EinsteinAnalysis/AHFinderDirect/trunk@1242 f88db872-0e4f-0410-b76b-b9085cfa78c5
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@@ -829,23 +829,24 @@ controlled by the following parameters:
\item the Cactus time coordinate \verb|cctk_time|
\item the Cactus $(x,y,z)$ coordinates of the apparent
horizon centroid
- \item the minimum, maximum, and mean radia
+ \item the minimum, maximum, and mean coordinate radia
of the apparent horizon about the local
coordinate origin
\item the minimum and maximum Cactus $x$, $y$, and $z$
coordinates of the apparent horizon surface
- \item the $xy$, $xz$, and $yz$-plane circumferences
- of the apparent horizon%%%
+ \item the proper circumferences of the apparent horizon
+ in the $xy$, $xz$, and $yz$ local-coordinate planes%%%
\footnote{%%%
- Alas, these are computed using the
- $xy$, $xz$, and $yz$-planes passing through
- the local coordinate origin, so they may be
- considerably different (smaller) than the
- actual circumferences if the apparent horizon
- is displaced significantly from the local
- coordinate origin.
+ Note that if the apparent horizon is not
+ symmetric across one of these coordinate planes,
+ then the circumference in this plane is not
+ very meaningful. In particular, in this case
+ this circumference is probably different from
+ the apparent horizon's maximum ``hoop'' circumference.
}%%%
- \item the area of the apparent horizon, $A$
+ \item the $xz/xy$ and $yz/xy$ ratios of the proper
+ circumferences
+ \item the proper area of the apparent horizon, $A$
\item the irreducible mass of the apparent horizon,
$\sqrt{A/16\pi}$
\end{itemize}