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authorgundlach <gundlach@e296648e-0e4f-0410-bd07-d597d9acff87>2002-06-06 13:22:05 +0000
committergundlach <gundlach@e296648e-0e4f-0410-bd07-d597d9acff87>2002-06-06 13:22:05 +0000
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Added acknowledgment to myself and Miguel as original code authors.
Added mention to what the slice evolver does, and a reference to slice_evolver.tex. git-svn-id: http://svn.einsteintoolkit.org/cactus/EinsteinInitialData/Exact/trunk@88 e296648e-0e4f-0410-bd07-d597d9acff87
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@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
\begin{document}
\title{Exact}
-\author{Code by many different people, \\
+\author{Original code by C Gundlach and Miguel Alcubierre, \\
+exact
+solutions added by many other people, \\
this documentation by Jonathan Thornburg}
%
% We want CVS to expand the Id keyword on the next line, but we don't
@@ -23,7 +25,11 @@ of exact spacetimes/coordinates, and even some non-Einstein
spcetimes/coordinates. It's easy to add more spacetimes/coordinates:
all you have to supply is the 4-metric $g_{ab}$ and the inverse 4-metric
$g^{ab}$, this thorn automagically calculates all the ADM variables
-from these.
+from these. Optionally, the ADM variables can be calculated on an
+arbitrary slice through the spacetime, using arbitrary coordinates on
+the slice. Given a lapse and shift, the slice can be evolved through
+the exact solution, in order to check on an evolution code, or in
+order to test gauge conditions without the need for an evolution code.
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@@ -96,6 +102,13 @@ with that if needed) is known throughout the spacetime. Cases where
this is only known on one specific slice, should live in separate
initial data thorns.
+Optionally, the ADM variables can be calculated on an arbitrary slice
+through the spacetime, using arbitrary coordinates on the slice. Given
+a lapse and shift, the slice can be evolved through the exact
+solution, in order to check on an evolution code, or in order to test
+gauge conditions without the need for an evolution code. This is
+documented in slice\_evolver.tex (which you should find in Exact/doc).
+
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Minkowski Spacetime}
@@ -694,12 +707,24 @@ These parameters are useful to hide the spherical symmetry of the metric.
\section{Acknowledgments}
-Many different people have contributed code to this thorn.
-Jonathan Thornburg wrote most of this documentation in May 2002 based
-on the comments in the code, some reverse-engineering, and querying
-various people about how the code works. The description of the
-Kastor-Traschen maximally charged multi-BH solutions is adapted from
-the file \verb|KTsol.tex| in this same directory, by Hisa-aki Shinkai.
+The original code, including the boostrot metric and the slice
+evolver, was written by C Gundlach and Miguel Alcubierre. Many
+different people have contributed exact solutions. Jonathan Thornburg
+wrote most of this documentation in May 2002 based on the comments in
+the code, some reverse-engineering, and querying various people about
+how the code works. The description of the Kastor-Traschen maximally
+charged multi-BH solutions is adapted from the file \verb|KTsol.tex|
+in this same directory, by Hisa-aki Shinkai.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%
+% Automatically created from the ccl files
+% Do not worry for now.
+%
+\include{interface}
+\include{param}
+\include{schedule}
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