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Hamiltonian structure and asymptotic symmetries of the Einstein-Maxwell system at spatial infinity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-08-15 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present a new set of asymptotic conditions for gravity at spatial infinity that includes gravitational magnetic-type solutions, allows for a non-trivial Hamiltonian action of the complete BMS4BMS_4 algebra, and leads to a non-divergent behaviour of the Weyl tensor as one approaches null infinity. We then extend the analysis to the coupled Einstein-Maxwell system and obtain as canonically realized asymptotic symmetry algebra a semi-direct sum of the BMS4BMS_4 algebra with the angle dependent u(1)u(1) transformations. The Hamiltonian charge-generator associated with each asymptotic symmetry element is explicitly written. The connection with matching conditions at null infinity is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1805.11288,
  title  = {Hamiltonian structure and asymptotic symmetries of the Einstein-Maxwell system at spatial infinity},
  author = {Marc Henneaux and Cédric Troessaert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.11288},
  year   = {2018}
}

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23 pages