Mirta Iriondo, Edward Malec, Niall O Murchadha
The Constant Mean Curvature Slices of Asymptotically Flat Spherical Spacetimes
Preprint series: ESI preprints
MSC:
83C05 Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)
83C20 Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries
PACS: 04.20.Me,95.30.Sf,97.60.Lf,98.80.Dr
Abstract: We investigate the formation of trapped surfaces
in asymptotically flat spherical spacetimes, using constant mean
curvature slicing.