GR via Characteristic Surfaces

Details GR via Characteristic Surfaces GR via Characteristic Surfaces

1995-02-11

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9502028v1

J.Math.Phys. 36 (1995) 4984-5004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

35 pages, compressed and uuencoded RTF file

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.531210

We reformulate the Einstein equations as equations for families of surfaces on a four-manifold. These surfaces eventually become characteristic surfaces for an Einstein metric (with or without sources). In particular they are formulated in terms of two functions on R4xS2, i.e. the sphere bundle over space-time, - one of the functions playing the role of a conformal factor for a family of associated conformal metrics, the other function describing an S2's worth of surfaces at each space-time point. It is from these families of surfaces themselves that the conformal metric - conformal to an Einstein metric - is constructed; the conformal factor turns them into Einstein metrics. The surfaces are null surfaces with respect to this metric.

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