Numerical Evolution of Boson Stars in Axisymmetry
Dae-Il (Dale) Choi (USRA, NASA/GSFC)
Collaborators:
Mr. Kevin C. W. Lai (UBC)
(GSFC-Dial 0, option 0, 604-822-2095 (604-822-1394))
Prof. M. Choptuik (UBC)
Thu Jan 8 18:10:44 EST 2004
Bianry Boson star data: Lapse [sdf file]
NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS
- Test runs with a single stationary rotating boson star:
Parameter for rotatoin k=1
- Run #1:
Resolution of Initial data is [64,12]
Reloution for evolution is pretty low (64x128) [0,56]x[-56,56]
Gravitational Potential V(r,z) [MPEG]
Complex Scalar Field |phi|^2(r,z) [MPEG]
Max[rho] vs. Time [PS]
- Run #2:
Resolution of Initial data is [96,20]
Max[rho] vs. Time [PS]
- Run #3: NEW (big files though)
Drifting of off-centered rotating boson stark1_1bs_p0_rho_0.sdf
- Observation: At high resolution, oscilation is about 6-7%. Improving resolution in setting up the initial data reduces the oscillations when evolved!
- TODO: Make Newtonian Initial Data Solver More Efficient, e.g. use Multigrid, etc.
- Working note (very crude and incomplete) [PS]
RELATIVISTIC DYNAMICS
- Working NOTE (updated on Feb 28, 2004)[PS]
- Run Set #1: Single non-rotating boson star (Unigrid, Boundary at 24)
- Max(rho) vs. Time for 3 different runs[JPEG]:
(a) The run that blows up quickly indicates that resolution is not enough for them (h=0.75)
(b) The run in the middle is more stable with increase in central density with oscillation (h=0.375).
(c) The bottome line is with highest resolution tried so far (h=0.1875)
- id file for runs with boundary located at [rhomax=zmax=24]
- Run Set #2: Single non-rotating boson star (Unigrid, Boundary at 48) UPDATED ON OCT 24 2003!
- Max(rho=phi^2) vs. Time for 4 different runs for about 2 light crossing times, Time=[0--180]. [JPEG]---> parameters for this run was slightly wrong, so I reran: The results are essentailly same [JPEG]
(a) resolutions are h=(1.5 0.75 0.375 0.1875).
(c) results are as expected!-- star is stable and
maximum density is almost constant as the resolution is increased!
- Boring evolution-- Nothing happens as supposed!
- id file for runs with boundary located at [rhomax=zmax=48] (this is old one)
- Convergence testing [JPEG] -- This is a Plot of self-convergence factor (defined as usual) of rho for 4 different resolutions. The line goes up first then goes below the other line is computed from the runs of level=[0--2]. The other line is from the runs of level =[1--3]. Note that this is *infinite* norm. LOOKS GOOD!
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- Run Set #3: equal mass Binary head-on collisions (Unigrid, b=64/b=96), UPDATED ON NOV 13 2003!
- ADM MASS vs. Time for 3 different set up with 5 different initial boost parameter (p_z) [PS] (being updated!)
- Comments 1: With boundary at [0,64]x[-64,64], runs with higher resolution gives smaller changes in ADM MASS before the stars collide---this is sort of what you expect, BUT bigger changes in the ADM MASS after the collistion---this is counter intuitive because you would think that higher resolution woule help. However interaction with boundary is larger for high resolution run-- \rho=\phi^2 at
h=1
h=0.5
- Comments 2: With the same resolution at h=1, runs with a bigger box (boundary at 96 instead of 64) gives smaller changes in ADM MASS--- this is sort of what you expect.
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- Run Set #4 graxi_ad AMR evolutions are well underway now! UPDATED ON JAN 8 2004!
Convergence factor of AMR runs for a single stationary boson star (although boring) confirms convergence
of the solution with convergence factor of about ~3
The two lines in the plot are time history of MAX[ABS(Phi_r_l0-Phi_r_l1)]
and 3 * MAX[ABS(Phi_r_l0-Phi_r_l1)] where Phi_r_l0 is the real part of Phi4 (massive complex scalar field)
for the coarsest AMR run and Phi_r_l1 is real(Phi4) for the higher resolution AMR run, etc.
The fact that the convergence factor is 3 means the whole scheme is convergent between the first
and second... (1.5-order?).
order
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