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authorjthorn <jthorn@e296648e-0e4f-0410-bd07-d597d9acff87>2002-05-18 14:38:59 +0000
committerjthorn <jthorn@e296648e-0e4f-0410-bd07-d597d9acff87>2002-05-18 14:38:59 +0000
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add new info from Miguel about "flatSchwarz" metric (= Painleve-Gustrand???)
and about boost-rotation symmetric metric git-svn-id: http://svn.einsteintoolkit.org/cactus/EinsteinInitialData/Exact/trunk@77 e296648e-0e4f-0410-bd07-d597d9acff87
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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ parameter:
\item[Miscellaneous spacetimes]\mbox{}\\[-\baselineskip]
\begin{description}
\item[{\tt "boostrot"}]
- Boost rotation symmetric spacetime
+ Boost-rotation symmetric spacetime
\item[{\tt "starSchwarz"}]
Schwarzschild (constant density) star
\item[{\tt "bowl"}]
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ types of coordinates:
\subsection{Schwarzschild Spacetime with Flat Spatial Metric}
\verb|Exact::exactmodel = "flatSchwarz"| specifies Schwarzschild spacetime
-in coordinates chosen so the spatial metric is flat, then
+in Painleve-Gustrand coordinates (these have a {\em flat\/} 3-metric),
transformed to the usual Cactus $(t,x,y,z)$ Cartesian-topology
coordinates. The only physics parameter is
\begin{equation}
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ g_{ab} = \left[
\right]
\end{equation}
-FIXME: get more info from Miguel
-
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\subsection{Schwarzschild Spacetime in Novikov Coordinates}
@@ -630,9 +628,13 @@ noone seems to know whether this is indeed a Milne (De~Milne?) spacetime.}
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-\subsection{Boost Rotation Symmetric Spacetime}
+\subsection{Boost-Rotation Symmetric Spacetime}
+
+\verb|Exact::exactmodel = "starSchwarz"| specifies a boost-rotation
+symmetric spacetime. Pravda and Pravdov\'{a}, gr-qc/0003067, give a
+general review of boost-rotation symmetric spacetimes.
-FIXME: get info from Miguel
+FIXME: get more info from Miguel and Carsten
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