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Asymptotic properties of the development of conformally flat data near spatial infinity
Certain aspects of the behaviour of the gravitational field near null and
spatial infinity for the developments of asymptotically Euclidean, conformally
flat initial data sets are analysed. Ideas and results from two different
approaches are combined: on the one hand the null infinity formalism related to
the asymptotic characteristic initial value problem and on the other the
regular Cauchy initial value problem at spatial infinity which uses Friedrich's
representation of spatial infinity as a cylinder. The decay of the Weyl tensor
for the developments of the class of initial data under consideration is
analysed under some existence and regularity assumptions for the asymptotic
expansions obtained using the cylinder at spatial infinity. Conditions on the
initial data to obtain developments satisfying the Peeling Behaviour are
identified. Further, the decay of the asymptotic shear on null infinity is also
examined as one approaches spatial infinity. This decay is related to the
possibility of selecting the Poincar\'e group out of the BMS group in a
canonical fashion. It is found that for the class of initial data under
consideration, if the development peels, then the asymptotic shear goes to zero
at spatial infinity. Expansions of the Bondi mass are also examined. Finally,
the Newman-Penrose constants of the spacetime are written in terms of initial
data quantities and it is shown that the constants defined at future null
infinity are equal to those at past null infinity.Comment: 24 pages, 1 figur
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