THE GENERAL-SOLUTION TO THE EINSTEIN EQUATIONS ON A NULL SURFACE

Authors
HAYWARD SA
Citation
Sa. Hayward, THE GENERAL-SOLUTION TO THE EINSTEIN EQUATIONS ON A NULL SURFACE, Classical and quantum gravity, 10(4), 1993, pp. 773-778
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
773 - 778
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1993)10:4<773:TGTTEE>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
On a null 3-surface, the general solution to the vacuum Einstein equat ions is found in closed form in terms of free initial data. The soluti on is valid up to caustics, whose occurrence is determined by a necess ary and sufficient condition on the initial data.