DUAL-NULL DYNAMICS OF THE EINSTEIN FIELD

Authors
HAYWARD SA
Citation
Sa. Hayward, DUAL-NULL DYNAMICS OF THE EINSTEIN FIELD, Classical and quantum gravity, 10(4), 1993, pp. 779-790
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
779 - 790
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1993)10:4<779:DDOTEF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The Einstein gravitational field is decomposed with respect to two int ersecting foliations of null surfaces. The dynamics are cast in the fo rm of suitably generalized Lagrangian and Hamiltonian theories. The va cuum Einstein equations are written in terms of geometrical fields and operators adapted to the null foliations. There are no constraints. T he free initial data are identified.