An asymptotic framework for gravitational scattering
An asymptotic framework for gravitational scattering
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DOI:
10.1088/1361-6382/acf5c1
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发表时间:
2023-03
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
G. Compère;S. Gralla;Hongjin Wei
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作者:
G. Compère;S. Gralla;Hongjin Wei
Asymptotically flat spacetimes have been studied in five separate regions: future/past timelike infinity i± , future/past null infinity , and spatial infinity i 0. We formulate assumptions and definitions such that the five infinities share a single Bondi–Metzner–Sachs (BMS) group of asymptotic symmetries and associated charges. We show how individual ingoing/outgoing massive bodies may be ascribed initial/final BMS charges and derive global conservation laws stating that the change in total charge is balanced by the corresponding radiative flux. This framework provides a foundation for the study of asymptotically flat spacetimes containing ingoing and outgoing massive bodies, i.e. for generalized gravitational scattering. Among the new implications are rigorous definitions for quantities like initial/final spin, scattering angle, and impact parameter in multi-body spacetimes, without the use of any preferred background structure.