@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void TwoPuncturesX_TwoPunctures(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
181181 enum GRID_SETUP_METHOD { GSM_Taylor_expansion, GSM_evaluation };
182182 enum GRID_SETUP_METHOD gsm;
183183
184- int antisymmetric_lapse, averaged_lapse, pmn_lapse, brownsville_lapse;
184+ int antisymmetric_lapse, averaged_lapse, pmn_lapse, W_lapse, brownsville_lapse;
185185
186186 int const nvar = 1 , n1 = npoints_A, n2 = npoints_B, n3 = npoints_phi;
187187
@@ -398,9 +398,16 @@ void TwoPuncturesX_TwoPunctures(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
398398 CCTK_EQUALS (initial_lapse, " twopunctures-antisymmetric" );
399399 averaged_lapse = CCTK_EQUALS (initial_lapse, " twopunctures-averaged" );
400400 pmn_lapse = CCTK_EQUALS (initial_lapse, " psi^n" );
401- if (pmn_lapse)
402- CCTK_VINFO ( " Setting initial lapse to psi^%f profile. " ,
401+ if (pmn_lapse) {
402+ CCTK_VInfo (CCTK_THORNSTRING, " Setting initial lapse to psi^%f profile, " ,
403403 (double )initial_lapse_psi_exponent);
404+ CCTK_VInfo (CCTK_THORNSTRING, " where psi is the *uncorrected* conformal" );
405+ CCTK_VInfo (CCTK_THORNSTRING, " factor, not psi+u!" );
406+ }
407+ W_lapse = CCTK_EQUALS (initial_lapse, " W" );
408+ if (W_lapse)
409+ CCTK_VInfo (CCTK_THORNSTRING,
410+ " Setting initial lapse to W=(psi+u)^{-2}, needed for slow-start lapse." );
404411 brownsville_lapse = CCTK_EQUALS (initial_lapse, " brownsville" );
405412 if (brownsville_lapse)
406413 CCTK_VINFO (" Setting initial lapse to a Brownsville-style profile "
@@ -573,6 +580,13 @@ void TwoPuncturesX_TwoPunctures(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
573580 gyz[ind] = 0 ;
574581 gzz[ind] = pow (psi1 / static_psi, 4 );
575582
583+ // W=(psi+u)^{-2}, needed for slow-start lapse; see arXiv:2404.01137, Phys. Rev. D 110, 064045 (2024)
584+ if (W_lapse) {
585+ // ADM gij = e^{4 phi} * gtildeij
586+ // --> psi1 / static_psi = e^phi = psi
587+ alp[ind] = 1.0 / pow (psi1 / static_psi, 2 ); // <- alpha = W = psi^{-2}
588+ }
589+
576590 kxx[ind] = Aij[0 ][0 ] / pow (psi1, 2 );
577591 kxy[ind] = Aij[0 ][1 ] / pow (psi1, 2 );
578592 kxz[ind] = Aij[0 ][2 ] / pow (psi1, 2 );
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