Examination of a simple example of gravitational wave memory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-09-05 v1
Abstract
We examine a simple example of gravitational wave memory due to the decay of a point particle into two point particles. In the case where one of the decay products is null, there are two types of memory: a null memory due to the null particle and an ordinary memory due to the recoiling timelike particle. In the case where both decay products are timelike, there is only ordinary memory. However, this ordinary memory can mimic the null memory in the limit where one of the decay products has a large velocity.
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@article{arxiv.1405.6396,
title = {Examination of a simple example of gravitational wave memory},
author = {Alexander Tolish and Lydia Bieri and David Garfinkle and Robert M. Wald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.6396},
year = {2014}
}