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 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 algebra with the angle dependent 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