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Gravitational wave memory is a nonoscillatory correction to the gravitational wave strain predicted by general relativity, which has yet to be detected. Within general relativity, its dominant component, known as the null memory, can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-26 Lavinia Heisenberg , Nicolás Yunes , Jann Zosso

We analyze the propagation and polarization properties of high-frequency gravitational waves in Einstein-\AE ther theory on vorticity-free and slowly-varying backgrounds at both leading and next-to-leading orders within the geometric optics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-21 Yu-Qi Dong , Shinji Mukohyama , Yu-Xiao Liu

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

In this paper, we systematically study gravitational waves (GWs) produced by remote compact astrophysical sources. To describe such GWs properly, we introduce three scales, $\lambda, \; L_c$ and $L$, denoting, respectively, the typical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Jared Fier , Xiongjun Fang , Bowen Li , Shinji Mukohyama , Anzhong Wang , Tao Zhu

We show that we can derive the asymptotic Einstein's equations that arises at order $1/r$ in asymptotically flat gravity purely from symmetry considerations. This is achieved by studying the transformation properties of functionals of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-04 Laurent Freidel , Daniele Pranzetti

We study the properties of the energy-momentum tensor in non-commutative gauge theories by coupling them to a weak external gravitational field. In particular, we show that the stress tensor of such a theory coincides exactly with that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Ashok Das , J. Frenkel

A formulation of linearized gravity in flat background, based on the Fierz tensor as a counterpart of the electromagnetic field strength, is discussed in detail and used to study fundamental properties of the linearized gravitational field.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-30 Gabor Zsolt Toth

Solutions of the linearized Einstein equations are found that describe a transversely confined beam of circularly polarized gravitational waves on a Minkowski backdrop. By evaluating the cycle-averaged stress-energy-momentum pseudotensor of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-02 William Barker

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicted the existence of gravitational waves (GWs), which offer a way to explore cosmic events like binary mergers and could help resolve the Hubble Tension. The Hubble Tension refers to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-07 Rishav Laloo , Prachi Gupta , Arun Kenath

We study first-order scalar and tensor perturbations of Jordan-frame scalar--tensor gravity about a spatially flat FLRW background using the Einstein-like effective-fluid decomposition of the scalar sector. In the scalar-gradient frame, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-29 David S. Pereira , Francisco S. N Lobo , José Pedro Mimoso

The quantum induced stress tensor of 3+1-dimensional Einstein gravity, with conformally coupled matter, is studied in an effective field theory approach. In this context, Riegert's non-local effective action is sufficient to reproduce the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-10 Bing-Nan Liu , David A. Lowe , Larus Thorlacius

In the lowest nonlinear approximation I compare two gravitational wave equations,- those of Weinberg and Papapetrou. The first one is simply a form of Einstein equation and the second is claimed to be yet another field theoretical form in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 A. I. Nikishov

Motivated by recent work involving the graviton-graviton tree scattering amplitude, and its twin descriptions as the square of the Bel-Robinson tensor, $B_{\m\n\a\b}$, and as the "current-current interaction" square of gravitational energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Deser , J. S. Franklin , D. Seminara

This paper discusses the gauge issue touching the gravitational waves induced at the second order by the scalar modes of cosmological perturbations. These waves are known to depend on the gauge used for their calculation. In this paper, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-27 Vincent Comeau

In the present work we introduce a novel approach to study $f({\sf R},{\sf T})$ gravity theory from a different perspective. Here, ${\sf T}$ denotes the trace of energy-momentum tensor ({\sf EMT}) of matter fluids. The usual method (as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-23 Hamid Shabani , Amir Hadi Ziaie

The question of the existence of gravitational stress-energy in general relativity has exercised investigators in the field since the inception of the theory. Folklore has it that no adequate definition of a localized gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 Erik Curiel

In this paper we investigate the gravitational-wave generation problem at the first post-Newtonian order in the context of Einstein-Cartan theory by exploiting the Blanchet-Damour formalism. The quantum intrinsic spin carried by slowly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-28 Emmanuele Battista , Vittorio De Falco

The field theoretical description of the general relativity (GR) is further developed. The action for the gravitational field and its sources is given explicitely. The equations of motion and the energy-momentum tensor for the gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. V. Babak , L. P. Grishchuk

Gravitational waves are considered as metric perturbations about a curved background metric, rather than the flat Minkowski metric since several situations of physical interest can be discussed by this generalization. In this case, when the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-21 Donato Bini , Salvatore Capozziello , Giampiero Esposito

A solution of linearized Einstein field equations in vacuum is given and discussed. First it is shown that, computing from our particular metric the linearized connections, the linearized Riemann tensor and the linearized Ricci tensor, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Christian Corda