Formulation for the internal motion of quasiequilibrium configurations in general relativity

We present a formulation for the internal motion of equilibrium configurations with a rotational Killing vector in general relativity. As an approximation, this formulation is applicable to the investigation of the internal motion of quasiequilibrium configurations such as binary neutron stars. Based on this simple formulation, a condition for the general relativistic counterrotation has been obtained, though in the recent work by Bonazzola, Gourgoulhon, and Marck, their condition for counterrotation is not enough to specify the internal velocity field. Under the condition given in this paper, the internal velocity field can be determined completely. Indeed, in the counterrotating case, we have also derived Poisson equations for the internal velocity, which take tractable forms in numerical implementation.