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On certain quasi-local spin-angular momentum expressions for small spheres

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

The Ludvigsen-Vickers and two recently suggested quasi-local spin-angular momentum expressions, based on holomorphic and anti-holomorphic spinor fields, are calculated for small spheres of radius rr about a point oo. It is shown that, apart from the sign in the case of anti-holomorphic spinors in non-vacuum, the leading terms of all these expressions coincide. In non-vacuum spacetimes this common leading term is of order r4r^4, and it is the product of the contraction of the energy-momentum tensor and an average of the approximate boost-rotation Killing vector that vanishes at oo and of the 3-volume of the ball of radius rr. In vacuum spacetimes the leading term is of order r6r^6, and the factor of proportionality is the contraction of the Bel-Robinson tensor and an other average of the same approximate boost-rotation Killing vector.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9901068,
  title  = {On certain quasi-local spin-angular momentum expressions for small spheres},
  author = {Laszlo B Szabados},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9901068},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, Plain Tex

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