Abstract
This paper treats boundary conditions on black hole horizons for the full (3+1)D Einstein equations. Following a number of authors, the apparent horizon is employed as the inner boundary on a space slice. It is emphasized that a further condition is necessary for the system to be well posed; the “prescribed curvature conditions” are therefore proposed to complete the coordinate conditions at the black hole. These conditions lead to a system of two 2D elliptic differential equations on the inner boundary surface, which coexist nicely to the 3D equation for maximal slicing (or related slicing conditions). The overall 2D-3D system is argued to be well posed and globally well behaved. The importance of “boundary conditions without boundary values” is emphasized. This paper is the first of a series.
- Received 30 May 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.57.2299
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