The algebraic-hyperbolic approach to the linearized gravitational constraints on a Minkowski background

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA7BD6zbMATH Open1373.83072arXiv1704.00863OpenAlexW3101974195MaRDI QIDQ4592671FDOQ4592671

Jeffrey Winicour

Publication date: 7 November 2017

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An algebraic-hyperbolic method for solving the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints has recently been shown to be well posed for general nonlinear perturbations of the initial data for a Schwarzschild black hole. This is a new approach to solving the constraints of Einstein's equations which does not involve elliptic equations and has potential importance for the construction of binary black hole data. In order to shed light on the underpinnings of this approach, we consider its application to obtain solutions of the constraints for linearized perturbations of Minkowski space. In that case, we find the surprising result that there are no suitable Cauchy hypersurfaces in Minkowski space for which the linearized algebraic-hyperbolic constraint problem is well posed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.00863

zbMATH Keywords

constraintsSchwarzschild black holegravitationinitial dataMinkowski background

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Black holes (83C57)

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Cited In (3)

• Toward computing gravitational initial data without elliptic solvers
• Asymptotics of solutions of a hyperbolic formulation of the constraint equations
• Numerical construction of initial data sets of binary black hole type using a parabolic-hyperbolic formulation of the vacuum constraint equations

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