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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 GG) 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

R2 v1 2026-06-28T16:32:59.184Z