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Gauge Invariant Effective Stress-Energy Tensors for Gravitational Waves

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-09-09 v1

Abstract

It is shown that if a generalized definition of gauge invariance is used, gauge invariant effective stress-energy tensors for gravitational waves and other gravitational perturbations can be defined in a much larger variety of circumstances than has previously been possible. In particular it is no longer necessary to average the stress-energy tensor over a region of spacetime which is larger in scale than the wavelengths of the waves and it is no longer necessary to restrict attention to high frequency gravitational waves.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9609023,
  title  = {Gauge Invariant Effective Stress-Energy Tensors for Gravitational Waves},
  author = {Paul R. Anderson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9609023},
  year   = {2011}
}

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