Conformally flat initial data for general relativity in Ashtekar’s variables

1989 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 670-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay M. Wagh ◽  
Ravi V. Saraykar
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Conformally Flat ◽  
Ashtekar's Variables

scholarly journals New conformally flat initial data for spinning black holes

2002 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Dain ◽  
Carlos O. Lousto ◽  
Ryoji Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Conformally Flat

Gluing Initial Data Sets for General Relativity

2004 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr T. Chruściel ◽  
James Isenberg ◽  
Daniel Pollack
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Data Sets

scholarly journals GROUPOID SYMMETRY AND CONSTRAINTS IN GENERAL RELATIVITY

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 1250061 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN BLOHMANN ◽  
MARCO CEZAR BARBOSA FERNANDES ◽  
ALAN WEINSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Cotangent Bundle ◽  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Riemannian Metrics ◽  
Einstein Equations ◽  
Cauchy Hypersurface ◽  
Lagrangian Field Theory ◽  
Hamiltonian Evolution

When the vacuum Einstein equations are cast in the form of Hamiltonian evolution equations, the initial data lie in the cotangent bundle of the manifold [Formula: see text] of Riemannian metrics on a Cauchy hypersurface Σ. As in every Lagrangian field theory with symmetries, the initial data must satisfy constraints. But, unlike those of gauge theories, the constraints of general relativity do not arise as momenta of any Hamiltonian group action. In this paper, we show that the bracket relations among the constraints of general relativity are identical to the bracket relations in the Lie algebroid of a groupoid consisting of diffeomorphisms between space-like hypersurfaces in spacetimes. A direct connection is still missing between the constraints themselves, whose definition is closely related to the Einstein equations, and our groupoid, in which the Einstein equations play no role at all. We discuss some of the difficulties involved in making such a connection. In an appendix, we develop some aspects of diffeology, the basic framework for our treatment of function spaces.

New Exact Vacuum Solutions in Brans–Dicke Theory

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (25) ◽  
pp. 1865-1870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis O. Pimentel
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Cosmological Model ◽  
Exact Solutions ◽  
Spherical Symmetry ◽  
Physical System ◽  
Special Value ◽  
Isotropic Cosmological Model ◽  
Vacuum Solutions

A family of exact solutions to vacuum Brans–Dicke theory with spherical symmetry is found. In the limit of large ω this family reduces to the solutions obtained in general relativity with a scalar field. The solutions show curvature singularities for all times, therefore they do not represent the gravitational collapse of a physical system with regular initial data in the theory. One would like to interpret it as an inhomogeneous dynamical cosmology, but the lack of a regular spacelike slice forbids it. For a special value of an integration constant we have an isotropic cosmological model without the problems mentioned above.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document