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The angular momentum of plane-fronted gravitational waves in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-02-24 v1

Abstract

We present a simplified expression for the gravitational angular momentum in the framework of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR). The expression arises from the constraints equations of the Hamiltonian formulation of the TEGR. We apply this expression to the calculation of the angular momentum of plane-fronted gravitational waves in an arbitrary three-dimensional volume VV of space and compare the results with those obtained for linearised gravitational waves.

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@article{arxiv.1402.5344,
  title  = {The angular momentum of plane-fronted gravitational waves in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity},
  author = {J. F. da Rocha Neto and J. W. Maluf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.5344},
  year   = {2014}
}