Jacobi fields from conjugation at a central endpoint ($J_X(t)=X{e}^{tA}-e^{tA}X$)

For a Lie group with a bi-invariant Riemannian metric, vary $\gamma (t)=e^{tA}$ by conjugation: $F(s,t)=e^{sX}{e}^{tA}{e}^{-sX}$. Its Jacobi field is $J_X(t)=X{e}^{tA}-e^{tA}X$. If $e^A$ is central, all these fields vanish at both endpoints. Their space has dimension $\dim \mathfrak{g}-\dim \mathfrak{z}(A)$, since the kernel is the centralizer of an element of a Lie algebra.