Thank you so much for the info! On Thu, 10 Aug 2023, 11:16 pm Peter Diener, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Thejas, > > In the Einstein Toolkit, we use, as is common in numerical relativity, > units where the speed of light, c, and the gravitational constant, G, are > chosen to be c=G=1. In addition, we measure mass in units of the solar > mass, M_sun. 1 solar mass can be converted into a length by multiplying by > G and dividing by c^2. This is then the unit of length. We can convert > that into a time by dividing by c. So the unit of length and time in SI > units are then > > [L] = 1 M_sun*G/c^2 = 1477 m. > [T] = 1 M_sun*G/c^3 = 4.93 10^-6 s. > > As can be seen, the unit of length is 1 half the Scharzschild radius of a > black hole with a mass of 1 solar mass. The unit if time is then the time > it takes light to travel that distance. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2023, Thejas A Nair wrote: > > > Hi, > > I had a doubt about this graph, Why do we have a 'Mass of the sun' > parameter > > in the x-axis, What is the logic behind it? > > Warm Regards > > > > >
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