A singular lagrangian model for N-body relativistic interactions
Spherically symmetric space-times have attained considerable attention ever since the early beginnings of the theory of general relativity. In fact, they have appeared already in the papers of K. Schwarzschild [12] and W. De Sitter [5] which were published in 1916 and 1917 respectively soon after Einstein's epoch-making work [7] in 1915. The present survey is concerned mainly with recent results pertainig to the toplogy of spherically symmetric space-times. Definition. By space-time a connected...
We review the main ideas of the two dimensional Sen geometry and apply these concepts i. in finding the `most natural' quasi-local energy-momentum, ii. in characterizing the zero energy-momentum and zero mass configurations and iii. in finding the quasi-local radiative modes of general relativity.
We provide a geometric well-posedness theory for the Einstein equations within the class of weakly regular vacuum spacetimes with -symmetry, as defined in the present paper, and we investigate their global causal structure. Our assumptions allow us to give a meaning to the Einstein equations under weak regularity as well as to solve the initial value problem under the assumed symmetry. First, introducing a frame adapted to the symmetry and identifying certain cancellation properties taking place...