On the choice of a conformal Gauss gauge near the cylinder representing spatial infinity

DOI10.1063/1.5096487zbMATH Open1421.53078arXiv1902.08170OpenAlexW2955478181WikidataQ114103968 ScholiaQ114103968MaRDI QIDQ5228067FDOQ5228067

Authors: Tim-Torben Paetz 

Publication date: 8 August 2019

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

Abstract: A convenient approach to analyze spatial infinity is to use a cylinder representation $I$ and impose a gauge based on a congruence of conformal geodesics. This so-called conformal Gauss gauge comes along with the freedom to specify initial data for the conformal geodesics. Such a gauge has been constructed from an ordinary Cauchy surface and from past null infinity $mathcal{J}^{-}$, respectively. The purpose of this note is to compare these gauges near the critical set $I^{-}$, where $I$ "touches" $mathcal{J}^{-}$, as it turns out that they are related in a somewhat unexpected intricate way.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08170

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zbMATH Keywords

gaugeCauchy surfacecongruenceconformal geodesics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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