Note on post-Minkowskian expansion and Bondi coordinates
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-09-16 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In this note, we transform the linear order (at order ) metric from a system of pointlike bodies source in the post-Minkowskian expansion to the Bondi coordinates. We show that the Bondi 4-momentum and angular momentum coincide with the relativistic definitions of 4-momentum and angular momentum for the system of pointlike bodies. The angular momentum computed at the null infinity is free of supertranslation ambiguity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.11953,
title = {Note on post-Minkowskian expansion and Bondi coordinates},
author = {Pujian Mao and Baijun Zeng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.11953},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
v2: comments on supertranslation ambiguity added, published version