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Energy-momentum and angular-momentum of a gyratonic pp-waves spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-03-18 v1

Abstract

Gyratonic plane fronted gravitational waves are exact solutions of Einstein's field equations, which correspond to gravitational waves that carry momentum and angular-momentum. Using the definitions of the Hamiltonian formulation of the Teleparallel Equivalent of General Relativity, we explicitly evaluate the general expressions of the energy-momentum and angular-momentum of these space-times. In order to better understand the additional properties of these gravitational waves, we consider the motion of particles in this space-time and obtain an interesting relation between the angular-momentum of the particles and that of the gravitational waves.

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@article{arxiv.1907.08270,
  title  = {Energy-momentum and angular-momentum of a gyratonic pp-waves spacetime},
  author = {F. L. Carneiro and S. C. Ulhoa and J. F. da Rocha-Neto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.08270},
  year   = {2020}
}