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.
Cite
@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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