Twisting Null Geodesic Congruences, Scri, H-Space and Spin-Angular Momentum
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to return, with a new observation and rather unconventional point of view, to the study of asymptotically flat solutions of Einstein equations. The essential observation is that from a given asymptotically flat space-time with a given Bondi shear, one can find (by integrating a partial differential equation) a class of asymptotically shear-free (but, in general, twistiing) null geodesic congruences. The class is uniquely given up to the arbitrary choice of a complex analytic world-line in a four-parameter complex space. Surprisingly this parameter space turns out to be the H-space that is associated with the real physical space-time under consideration. The main development in this work is the demonstration of how this complex world-line can be made both unique and also given a physical meaning. More specifically by forcing or requiring a certain term in the asymptotic Weyl tensor to vanish, the world-line is uniquely determined and becomes (by several arguments) identified as the `complex center-of-mass'. Roughly, its imaginary part becomes identified with the intrinsic spin-angular momentum while the real part yields the orbital angular momentum.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0506046,
title = {Twisting Null Geodesic Congruences, Scri, H-Space and Spin-Angular Momentum},
author = {Carlos. Kozameh and E. T. Newman and Gilberto Silva-Ortigoza},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0506046},
year = {2009}
}
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26 pages, authors were relisted alphabetically