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Superconvergent discontinuous Galerkin method for the scalar Teukolsky equation on hyperboloidal domains: Efficient waveform and self-force computation
Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, 02747, Dartmouth, MA, USA; Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, 02747, Dartmouth, MA, USA; Center for Scientific Computing and Data Science Research, University of Massachusetts, 02747, Dartmouth, MA, USA.
Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, 02747, Dartmouth, MA, USA; Center for Scientific Computing and Data Science Research, University of Massachusetts, 02747, Dartmouth, MA, USA.
Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, 02747, Dartmouth, MA, USA; Center for Scientific Computing and Data Science Research, University of Massachusetts, 02747, Dartmouth, MA, USA.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Mathematics (Dept.), Numerical Analysis, Optimization and Systems Theory.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6252-8199
2025 (English)In: General Relativity and Gravitation, ISSN 0001-7701, E-ISSN 1572-9532, Vol. 57, no 7, article id 104Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The long-time evolution of extreme mass-ratio inspiral systems requires minimal phase and dispersion errors to accurately compute far-field waveforms, while high accuracy is essential near the smaller black hole (modeled as a Dirac delta distribution) for self-force computations. Spectrally accurate methods, such as nodal discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods, are well suited for these tasks. Their numerical errors typically decrease as ∝(Δx)N+1, where Δx is the subdomain size and N is the polynomial degree of the approximation. However, certain DG schemes exhibit superconvergence, where truncation, phase, and dispersion errors can decrease as fast as ∝(Δx)2N+1. Superconvergent numerical solvers are, by construction, extremely efficient and accurate. We theoretically demonstrate that our DG scheme for the scalar Teukolsky equation with a distributional source is superconvergent, and this property is retained when combined with the hyperboloidal layer compactification technique. This ensures that waveforms, total energy and angular-momentum fluxes, and self-force computations benefit from superconvergence. We empirically verify this behavior across a family of hyperboloidal layer compactifications with varying degrees of smoothness. Additionally, we show that dissipative self-force quantities for circular orbits, computed at the point particle’s location, also exhibit a certain degree of superconvergence. Our results underscore the potential benefits of numerical superconvergence for efficient and accurate gravitational waveform simulations based on DG methods.

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Springer Nature , 2025. Vol. 57, no 7, article id 104
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-368853DOI: 10.1007/s10714-025-03435-9ISI: 001518241100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105009341048OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-368853DiVA, id: diva2:1993018
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