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Universality of the Poincar\'e gravitational form factor constraints

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-03-10 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Relativistic spin states are convention dependent. In this work we prove that the zero momentum-transfer limits of the leading two form factors in the decomposition of the energy-momentum tensor matrix elements are independent of this choice. In particular, we demonstrate that these constraints are insensitive to whether the corresponding states are massive or not, and that they arise purely due to the Poincar\'e covariance of the states.

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@article{arxiv.1908.02567,
  title  = {Universality of the Poincar\'e gravitational form factor constraints},
  author = {Cédric Lorcé and Peter Lowdon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.02567},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages; v2: additional comments added, matches published version