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Technical Background

  • Katy CloughEmail author
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Abstract

In this chapter the key topics covered by the thesis are explored in more technical detail. We follow the theoretical steps in formulating a numerical evolution, and the background to the specific problems studied. Discussion of the implementation aspects of the numerical evolution are left to the following chapter in which the code which was developed is described. As in Chap.  1, we divide this chapter into three sections, GR, NR and Scalar Fields.

Keywords

Conformally Flat Spatial Slice Conformal Time Hamiltonian Constraint Momentum Constraint 
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  1. 1.Institute for AstrophysicsUniversity of GöttingenGöttingenGermany

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