A new auxiliary variable formulation of high-order local radiation boundary conditions: corner compatibility conditions and extensions to first-order systems

Abstract We present a new auxiliary variable formulation of high-order radiation boundary conditions for the numerical simulation of waves on unbounded domains. Retaining the flexibility of Higdon’s wave-product conditions, our approach allows arbitrary-order implementations. When applied to the scalar wave equation, the proposed method leads to balanced, symmetrizable systems of wave equations on the boundary. It can also be extended to first-order systems. Corner compatibility conditions are derived for the auxiliary variable equations. They are shown experimentally to lead to stable, accurate results.

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