Asymptotically Flat Initial Data for Gravitational Wave Spacetimes, Conformal Compactification and Conformal Symmetry

Abstract

We study the utilization of conformal compactification within the conformal approach to solving the constraints of general relativity for asymptotically flat initial data. After a general discussion of the framework, particular attention is paid to simplifications that arise when restricting to a class of initial data which have a certain $U(1)\times U(1)$ conformal symmetry.

Contribution to the 8th Conference on Theoretical Physics, General Relativity and Gravitation in Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania; LaTeX, 13 pages