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Penrose's twistorial approach to the definition of angular momentum at null infinity is developed so that angular momenta at different cuts can be meaningfully compared. This is done by showing that the twistor spaces associated with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Adam D. Helfer

There are several definitions of the notion of angular momentum in general relativity. However non of them can be said to capture the physical notion of intrinsic angular momentum of the sources in the presence of gravitational radiation.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Osvaldo M. Moreschi

We analyze three classical field theories based on the wave equation: scalar field, electrodynamics and linearized gravity. We derive certain generating formula on a hyperboloid and on a null surface for them. The linearized Einstein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-12 Jacek Jezierski

The law of balance of angular momentum is shown to imply the existence of absolute time, a fundamental physical quantity that is independent of the motion or position of the observer. Absolute time implies the notion of absolute…

General Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 A. Paglietti

We define quasi-local conserved quantities in general relativity by using the optimal isometric embedding in [26] to transplant Killing fields in the Minkowski spacetime back to the 2-surface of interest in a physical spacetime. To each…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-06 Po-Ning Chen , Mu-Tao Wang , Shing-Tung Yau

We present an introduction to mass and angular momentum in General Relativity. After briefly reviewing energy-momentum for matter fields, first in the flat Minkowski case (Special Relativity) and then in curved spacetimes with or without…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 J. L. Jaramillo , E. Gourgoulhon

The center of mass and spin for isolated sources of gravitational radiation that move at relativistic speeds are defined. As a first step, we also present these definitions in flat space. This contradicts some general wisdom given in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-15 C. N. Kozameh , J. I. Nieva , G. D. Quiroga

We describe and solve three puzzles arising in covariant and supertranslation-invariant formulas for the flux of angular momentum and other Lorentz charges in asymptotically flat spacetimes: 1) Supertranslation-invariance and covariance…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-10 Reza Javadinezhad , Massimo Porrati

Here, we present a new definition of {intrinsic angular momentum} at future null infinity, based on the charge-integral approach. This definition is suitable for the general case of radiating spacetimes without symmetries, which does not…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-19 Emanuel Gallo , Osvaldo M. Moreschi

In this note, we transform the linear order (at order $G$) 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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-16 Pujian Mao , Baijun Zeng

These notions in the title are of fundamental importance in any branch of physics. However, there have been great difficulties in finding physically acceptable definitions of them in general relativity since Einstein's time. I shall explain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-18 Mu-Tao Wang

An idealized observer of an astronomical event is situated at future null infinity, where light rays emitted from the source approach. Mathematically, null infinity corresponds to the portion of the spacetime boundary defined by equivalence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-18 Mu-Tao Wang

The problem of finding a covariant expression for the distribution and conservation of gravitational energy-momentum dates to the 1910s. A suitably covariant infinite-component localization is displayed, reflecting Bergmann's realization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-10 J. Brian Pitts

The classical notion of center of mass for an isolated system in general relativity is derived from the Hamiltonian formulation and represented by a flux integral at infinity. In contrast to mass and linear momentum which are well-defined…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-01-04 Lan-Hsuan Huang

We derive and discus the equations of motion for spinless matter: relativistic spinless scalar fields, particles and fluids in the recently proposed by A. Saa model of gravity with covariantly constant volume with respect to the transposed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 P. P. Fiziev

The gravitational energy-momentum and angular momentum satisfy the algebra of the Poincare group in the full phase space of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. The expression for the gravitational energy-momentum may be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 J. W. Maluf , S. C. Ulhoa

This is a write-up of a talk for non-specialists on the treatment of angular momentum for radiating systems resolving the supertranslation problem.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-18 Adam Helfer

The symmetries of asymptotically flat spacetimes in general relativity are given by the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) group, though there are proposed generalizations of its symmetry algebra. Associated with each symmetry is a charge and a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-28 Arwa Elhashash , David A. Nichols

We exam the validity of the definition of the ADM angular momentum without the parity assumption. Explicit examples of asymptotically flat hypersurfaces in the Minkowski spacetime with zero ADM energy-momentum vector and finite non-zero…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-18 Po-Ning Chen , Lan-Hsuan Huang , Mu-Tao Wang , Shing-Tung Yau

The problem of finding a covariant expression for the distribution and conservation of gravitational energy-momentum dates to the 1910s. A suitably covariant infinite-component localization is displayed, reflecting Bergmann's realization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-20 J. Brian Pitts