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Charges for linearized gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-12 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Maxwell test fields as well as solutions of linearized gravity on the Kerr exterior admit non-radiating modes, i.e. non-trivial time-independent solutions. These are closely related to conserved charges. In this paper we discuss the non-radiating modes for linearized gravity, which may be seen to correspond to the Poincare Lie-algebra. The 2-dimensional isometry group of Kerr corresponds to a 2-parameter family of gauge-invariant non-radiating modes representing infinitesimal perturbations of mass and azimuthal angular momentum. We calculate the linearized mass charge in terms of linearized Newman-Penrose scalars.

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@article{arxiv.1301.2674,
  title  = {Charges for linearized gravity},
  author = {Steffen Aksteiner and Lars Andersson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.2674},
  year   = {2015}
}

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19 pages. v3: Added comments and references

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