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Phys. Rev. D 67, 104021 (2003) [4 pages]

Hyperbolicity of the Kidder-Scheel-Teukolsky formulation of Einstein’s equations coupled to a modified Bona-Masso slicing condition

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Miguel Alcubierre*, Alejandro Corichi, José A. González, Darío Núñez§, and Marcelo Salgado**
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-543, México D.F. 04510, Mexico

Received 21 March 2003; published 23 May 2003

We show that the Kidder-Scheel-Teukolsky family of hyperbolic formulations of the 3+1 evolution equations of general relativity remains hyperbolic when coupled to a recently proposed modified version of the Bona-Masso slicing condition.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.104021
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.104021
PACS:
04.25.Dm, 04.20.Ex, 95.30.Sf

*Electronic address: malcubi@nuclecu.unam.mx

Electronic address: corichi@nuclecu.unam.mx

Electronic address: cervera@nuclecu.unam.mx

§Electronic address: nunez@nuclecu.unam.mx

**Electronic address: marcelo@nuclecu.unam.mx