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166 Choice <strong>of</strong> foliation <strong>and</strong> spatial coordinates<br />

Another way to introduce minimal distortion amounts to minimizing the integral<br />

<br />

S = QijQ ij√ γ d 3 x (9.59)<br />

Σt<br />

with respect to the shift vector β, keeping the slicing fixed (i.e. fixing γ, K <strong>and</strong> N). Indeed, if<br />

we replace Q by its expression (9.54), we get<br />

<br />

S =<br />

Σt<br />

4N 2 AijA ij − 4NAij(Lβ) ij + (Lβ)ij(Lβ) ij √ γ d 3 x. (9.60)<br />

At fixed values <strong>of</strong> γ, K <strong>and</strong> N, δN = 0, δAij = 0 <strong>and</strong> δ(Lβ) ij = (Lδβ) ij , so that the variation<br />

<strong>of</strong> S with respect to β is<br />

<br />

<br />

δS = −4NAij(Lδβ) ij + 2(Lβ)ij(Lδβ) ij <br />

√ 3<br />

γd x = 2 Qij(Lδβ) ij √ γ d 3 x. (9.61)<br />

Σt<br />

Now, since Q is symmetric <strong>and</strong> traceless, Qij(Lδβ) ij = Qij(D i δβ j + D j δβ i − 2/3Dkδβ k γ ij ) =<br />

Qij(D i δβ j + D j δβ i ) = 2QijD i δβ j . Hence<br />

<br />

δS = 4<br />

<br />

= 4<br />

<br />

= 4<br />

Σt<br />

Σt<br />

∂Σt<br />

QijD i δβ j √ γ d 3 x<br />

Σt<br />

D i Qijδβ j − D i Qij δβ j √ γ d 3 x<br />

Qijδβ j s i √ q d 2 <br />

y − 4<br />

Σt<br />

D i Qij δβ j √ γ d 3 x (9.62)<br />

Assuming that δβ i = 0 at the boundaries <strong>of</strong> Σt (for instance at spatial infinity), we deduce from<br />

the above relation that δS = 0 for any variation <strong>of</strong> the shift vector if <strong>and</strong> only if D i Qij = 0.<br />

Hence we recover condition (9.52).<br />

In stationary spacetimes, an important property <strong>of</strong> the minimal distortion gauge is to be<br />

fulfilled by coordinates adapted to the stationarity (i.e. such that ∂t is a Killing vector): it is<br />

immediate from Eq. (9.44) that Q = 0 when ∂t is a symmetry generator, so that condition (9.52)<br />

is trivially satisfied. Another nice feature <strong>of</strong> the minimal distortion gauge is that in the weak field<br />

region (radiative zone), it includes the st<strong>and</strong>ard TT gauge <strong>of</strong> linearized gravity [246]. Actually<br />

Smarr <strong>and</strong> York [246] have advocated for maximal slicing combined with minimal distortion as a<br />

very good coordinate choice for radiative spacetimes, calling such choice the radiation gauge.<br />

Remark : A “new minimal distortion” gauge has been introduced in 2006 by Jantzen <strong>and</strong> York<br />

[164]. It corrects the time derivative <strong>of</strong> ˜γ in the original minimal distortion condition by<br />

the lapse function N [cf. relation (3.15) between the coordinate time t <strong>and</strong> the Eulerian<br />

observer’s proper time τ], i.e. one requires<br />

D j<br />

<br />

1<br />

N Qij<br />

<br />

= 0 (9.63)

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