%0 Journal Article %T Asymptotically Flat Initial Data for Gravitational Wave Spacetimes, Conformal Compactification and Conformal Symmetry %A Sascha Husa %J Physics %D 1998 %I arXiv %X 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. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9811005v1