Three-dimensional Adaptive Evolution of Gravitational Waves in Numerical Relativity
Dae-Il (Dale) Choi

Universities Space Research Association, Seabrook, MD, 20706
Lab. for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 20771

Propagation of Gravitational Waves with AMR

Linear Gravitational Wave with Amp= 10^(-6)

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  Level 1 grid 28x28x28
  Number of Grid functions ~ 200
  
  
  
  
  
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• Kzz in the equatorial plane (z=0) mpeg movie (Click Here)
  
  
  
  
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Research supported by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Internal R&D
Animations by Dae-Il (Dale) Choi
Computations/Animations run on the T3E at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center