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

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/8/015zbMath0858.53062arXivgr-qc/9510040OpenAlexW3104699524WikidataQ63412250 ScholiaQ63412250MaRDI QIDQ4894023

Patrick R. Brady, S. Droz, Sharon M. Morsink, Werner 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

Einstein equationsEinstein-Hilbert actionlightlike hypersurfacescharacteristic initial-value problemdouble foliation of spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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