We study the dynamical behavior of compressible fluids evolving on the outer domain
of communication of a Schwarzschild background. For both the relativistic Burgers
equation and the relativistic Euler system, assuming spherical symmetry we
introduce numerical methods that take the Schwarzschild geometry and, specifically,
the steady state solutions into account. The schemes we propose preserve the family
of steady state solutions and enable us to study the nonlinear stability of fluid
equilibria and the behavior of solutions near the black hole horizon. We state and
numerically demonstrate several properties about the late-time behavior of perturbed
steady states.
Keywords
relativistic fluid, Schwarzschild black hole, steady state
solution, generalized Riemann problem, random choice
method, finite volume scheme