Covariant double-null dynamics: 2 + 2-splitting of the Einstein equations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/8/015MaRDI QIDQ4894023zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Patrick R. Brady, Serge Droz, Sharon Morsink, W. Israel

Publication date 10 March 1997

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9510040

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic initial-value problemdouble foliation of spacetimeEinstein equationsEinstein-Hilbert actionlightlike hypersurfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: The paper develops a $(2+2)$-imbedding formalism adapted to a double foliation of spacetime by a net of two intersecting families of lightlike hypersurfaces. The formalism is two-dimensionally covariant, and leads to simple, geometrically transparent and tractable expressions for the Einstein field equations and the Einstein-Hilbert action, and it should find a variety of applications. It is applied here to elucidate the structure of the characteristic initial-value problem of general relativity.

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