Published January 15, 2002 | Version v1
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Note on flat foliations of spherically symmetric spacetimes

Creators

  • 1. E and ME College, National University of Science and Technology, Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
  • 2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261 (Saudi Arabia)
  • 3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3 (Canada)

Description

It is known that spherically symmetric spacetimes admit flat spacelike foliations. We point out a simple method of seeing this result via the Hamiltonian constraints of general relativity. The method yields explicit formulas for the extrinsic curvatures of the slicings

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.027501;
arXiv
arXiv:gr-qc/0110068v3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 027501-027501.2
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35039884
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
EXACT SOLUTIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; HAMILTONIANS; SPACE-TIME; THEORETICAL DATA; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
Descriptors DEC
DATA; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; QUANTUM OPERATORS

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Notes
(c) 2001 The American Physical Society