Motion4D – A library for lightrays and timelike worldlines in the theory of relativity☆ Export

@article{citeulike:5369959, abstract = {The Motion4D-library solves the geodesic equation as well as the parallel- and Fermi–Walker-transport in four-dimensional Lorentzian spacetimes numerically. Initial conditions are given with respect to natural local tetrads which are adapted to the symmetries or the coordinates of the spacetime. Beside some already implemented metrics like the Schwarzschild and Kerr metric, the object oriented structure of the library permits to implement other metrics or integrators in a straight forward manner. Program title: Motion4D-library Catalogue identifier: AEEX\_v1\_0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AEEX\_v1\_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.html No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 150 425 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 5 139 407 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: C++ Computer: All platforms with a C++ compiler Operating system: Linux, Unix, Windows RAM: 39 MBytes Classification: 1.5 External routines: Gnu Scientific Library (GSL) (http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/) Nature of problem: Solve geodesic equation, parallel and Fermi–Walker transport in four-dimensional Lorentzian spacetimes. Solution method: Integration of ordinary differential equations Running time: The test runs provided with the distribution require only a few seconds to run.}, author = {M\"{u}ller, Thomas and Grave, Frank}, citeulike-article-id = {5369959}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2009.07.014}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0010465509002343}, day = {29}, doi = {10.1016/j.cpc.2009.07.014}, issn = {00104655}, journal = {Computer Physics Communications}, keywords = {algorithm, equation-of-motion, light, motion, motion4d, particle, ray, relativity, special, worldline}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {2355--2360}, posted-at = {2009-11-05 17:32:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Motion4D – A library for lightrays and timelike worldlines in the theory of relativity☆}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2009.07.014}, volume = {180}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5369959 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5369959 N2 - The Motion4D-library solves the geodesic equation as well as the parallel- and Fermi–Walker-transport in four-dimensional Lorentzian spacetimes numerically. Initial conditions are given with respect to natural local tetrads which are adapted to the symmetries or the coordinates of the spacetime. Beside some already implemented metrics like the Schwarzschild and Kerr metric, the object oriented structure of the library permits to implement other metrics or integrators in a straight forward manner. Program title: Motion4D-library Catalogue identifier: AEEX_v1_0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AEEX_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.html No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 150 425 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 5 139 407 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: C++ Computer: All platforms with a C++ compiler Operating system: Linux, Unix, Windows RAM: 39 MBytes Classification: 1.5 External routines: Gnu Scientific Library (GSL) (http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/) Nature of problem: Solve geodesic equation, parallel and Fermi–Walker transport in four-dimensional Lorentzian spacetimes. Solution method: Integration of ordinary differential equations Running time: The test runs provided with the distribution require only a few seconds to run. IS - 11 JF - Computer Physics Communications SN - 00104655 EP - 2360 TI - Motion4D – A library for lightrays and timelike worldlines in the theory of relativity☆ VL - 180 SP - 2355 KW - algorithm KW - equation-of-motion KW - light KW - motion KW - motion4d KW - particle KW - ray KW - relativity KW - special KW - worldline AU - Müller, Thomas AU - Grave, Frank PY - 2009/11/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2009.07.014 ER -