Cactus Code Thorn PsiKadelia Author(s) : Steve Brandt John Baker Hisaaki Shinkai Paul Walker Maintainer(s): Cactus team Licence : LGPL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Purpose This thorn provides a somewhat invariant means of measuring "waves" and other geometrical content in a numerically generated spacetime. Specifically, the thorn calculates the complex scalars psi0, psi1, psi2, psi3 and psi4 with respect to a specified tetrad, and the invariants I and J. If the tetrad has the right fall-off condition near infinity (the "peeling property"), then the Weyl scalars psi have the following meaning: Scalar Falloff Physics ------------------------------------------------------------- psi0 1/r outgoing gravitational (transverse) radiation psi1 1/r^2 outgoing gauge (longitudinal) radiation psi2 1/r^3 static gravitational ("Coulomb") field psi3 1/r^4 ingoing gauge (longitudinal) radiation psi4 1/r^5 ingoing gravitational (transverse) radiation