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Post-Newtonian Collapse Calculations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson*
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Mathematics Department, Monash University
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If computer speed and storage keeps increasing at the present rate a three dimensional numerical code modelling the exact equations governing general relativistic collapse will soon be possible; however, at present it is necessary to use simplifying approximations. Provided the general relativistic effects are limited to a ‘small’ perturbation, the post-Newtonian equations of Chandrasekhar (1965) should be adequate. These equations take the form of the Newtonian equations for a self gravitating fluid with extra terms to incorporate the 1/c2 contributions, where c is the speed of light. The numerical solution of these equations can be achieved using any method appropriate for three dimensional Newtonian hydrodynamics.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , 1983 , pp. 179 - 180
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1983

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