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Phys. Rev. D 39, 670–672 (1989)

Conformally flat initial data for general relativity in Ashtekar’s variables

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Sanjay M. Wagh
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Ravi V. Saraykar
Department of Mathematics, Nagpur University Campus, Nagpur 440010, India

Received 3 August 1988; published in the issue dated 15 January 1989

Using the technique of the conformal deformation of initial data, we study the problem of mapping flat data onto solutions of Ashtekar’s constraints. The procedure followed is that of York and we show that it is useful even for complex general relativity.

© 1989 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.39.670
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.39.670
PACS:
04.20.Fy