Lorentz Covariant Supertranslation Frames for the Angular Momentum Aspect
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2026-05-29 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In this letter, we review the well known ambiguity in defining angular momentum (and mass dipole) fluxes in general relativity and we reinterpret recent works that resolve the ambiguity by defining invariant charges. We resolve the ambiguity by finding the conditions that fix a frame for supertranslation and for space-time translation. We also present an elementary method for measuring the angular momentum aspect and work out explicitly the supertranslation frame-fixing conditions for the metric created by point particles to first nontrivial order in the Newton constant.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.11849,
title = {Lorentz Covariant Supertranslation Frames for the Angular Momentum Aspect},
author = {Reza Javadinezhad and Massimo Porrati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.11849},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Minor misprints in text corrected, to appear in MPLA