Linearized Einstein theory via null surfaces

DOI10.1063/1.531211zbMath0848.53046arXivgr-qc/9502026MaRDI QIDQ4873371

Simonetta Frittelli, Ezra T. Newman, Carlos N. Kozameh

Publication date: 27 October 1996

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9502026

zbMATH Keywords

spacetime; conformal metric; linearized Einstein equations; Lorentz metric; family of null hypersurfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics

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• Theory of light cone cuts of null infinity
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