Conformally covariant systems of wave equations and their equivalence to Einstein's field equations

DOI10.1007/S00023-014-0359-8zbMATH Open1325.83006arXiv1306.6204OpenAlexW2068909279WikidataQ125949219 ScholiaQ125949219MaRDI QIDQ496166FDOQ496166

Tim-Torben Paetz

Publication date: 21 September 2015

Published in: Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive, in 3+1 spacetime dimensions, two alternative systems of quasi-linear wave equations, based on Friedrich's conformal field equations. We analyse their equivalence to Einstein's vacuum field equations when appropriate constraint equations are satisfied by the initial data. As an application, the characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein equations with data on past null infinity is reduced to a characteristic initial value problem for wave equations with data on an ordinary light-cone.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.6204

zbMATH Keywords

wave equationEinstein equationcharacteristic initial value problemconformal field equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Wave equation (35L05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15)

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