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Ó Murchadha, Niall Conboye, Rory P. A. Science Foundation Ireland 2012-02-21T11:38:56Z 2012-02-21T11:38:56Z 2012-02 2012-02-14 Transverse trace-free (TT) tensors play an important role in the initial conditions of numerical relativity, containing two of the component freedoms. Expressing a TT tensor entirely, by the choice of two scalar potentials, is not a trivial task however. Assuming the added condition of axial symmetry, expressions are given in both spherical and cylindrical coordinates, for TT tensors in flat space. A coordinate relation is then calculated between the scalar potentials of each coordinate system. This is extended to a non-flat space, though only one potential is found. The remaining equations are reduced to form a second order partial differential equation in two of the tensor components. With the axially symmetric flat space tensors, the choice of potentials giving Bowen-York conformal curvatures, are derived. A restriction is found for the potentials which ensure an axially symmetric TT tensor, which is regular at the origin, and conditions on the potentials, which give an axially symmetric TT tensor with a spherically symmetric scalar product, are also derived. A comparison is made of the extrinsic curvatures of the exact Kerr solution and numerical Bowen-York solution for axially symmetric black hole space-times. The Brill wave, believed to act as the difference between the Kerr and Bowen-York space-times, is also studied, with an approximate numerical solution found for a mass-factor, under different amplitudes of the metric. Not peer reviewed Accepted Version application/pdf Conboye, Rory P.A. 2012. Axial Symmetry and Transverse Trace-Free Tensors in Numerical Relativity. PhD Thesis, University College Cork. https://hdl.handle.net/10468/527 en University College Cork © 2012, Rory Patrick Albert Conboye http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Numerical relativity Initial value problem Relativity (Physics) Geometry, Differential Mathematical physics Axial symmetry and transverse trace-free tensors in numerical relativity Doctoral thesis Doctoral PhD (Physics)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess