Generate initial data that has a conformal factor chosen to compensate for the boundary value of so that the initial time coordinate is approximately inertial at .
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Generate initial data that has a conformal factor chosen to compensate for the boundary value of so that the initial time coordinate is approximately inertial at .
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The core calculation for this initial data choice is the iterative optimization of the angular conformal factor such that it cancels some portion of the value of that contributes to the definition of the asymptotically inertial time. The initial data generation process proceeds slightly differently depending on the set of input options that are used:
- If
UseBetaIntegralEstimate
is false, the conformal factor will be optimized to minimize the transformed value of on the worldtube boundary.
- If
UseBetaIntegralEstimate
is true, the conformal factor will be optimized to minimize an estimate of the asymptotic value of in the evolved coordinates.
OptimizeL0Mode
indicates whether the mode of the conformal factor shoudl be included in the optimization. This option is useful because the optimization can usually find a better solution when the mode is ignored, and the should not contribute significantly to the resulting waveform.
- If
UseInputModes
is false, the value on the initial hypersurface will be set by an ansatz, chosen to match the worldtube boundary value of and in the new coordinates. In this case, the alternative arguments InputModes
or InputModesFromFile
are ignored.
- If
UseInputModes
is true, the part of will be set to spin-weighted spherical harmonic modes specified by either an input h5 file (in the case of using the input option InputModesFromFile
) or from a list of complex values specified in the input file (in the case of using the input option InputModes
). Then, the and parts of are chosen to match the boundary value of and on the worldtube boundary in the new coordinates.