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- An outstanding issue in the treatment of boundaries in general relativity is the lack of a local geometric interpretation of the necessary boundary data. For the Cauchy problem, the initial data is supplied by the 3-metric and extrinsic curvature of the initialCauchy hypersurface, subject to constraints. This Cauchy data determine a solution to Einstein's equations which is unique up to a diffeomorphism. Here, we show how three pieces of unconstrained boundary data, which are associated locally with the geometry of the boundary, likewise determine a solution of the initial-boundary value problem which is unique, up to a diffeomorphism. Two pieces of this data constitute a conformal class of rank-2 metrics, which represent the two gravitational degrees of freedom. The third piece, constructed from the extrinsic curvature of the boundary, determines the dynamical evolution of the boundary.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)
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- Einstein's equations
- boundary conditions
- gravitational field
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- art (subject category)
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