Asymptotic charges for spin-1 and spin-2 fields at the critical sets of null infinity

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Hauptverfasser: Magdy, Mariem, Kroon, Juan A. Valiente
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author Magdy, Mariem
Kroon, Juan A. Valiente
author_facet Magdy, Mariem
Kroon, Juan A. Valiente
contents The asymptotic charges of spin-1 and spin-2 fields are studied near spatial infinity. We evaluate the charges at the critical sets where spatial infinity meets null infinity with the aim of finding the relation between the charges at future and past null infinity. To this end, we make use of Friedrich's framework of the cylinder at spatial infinity to obtain asymptotic expansions of the Maxwell and spin-2 fields near spatial infinity, which are fully determined in terms of initial data on a Cauchy hypersurface. Expanding the initial data in terms of spin-weighted spherical harmonics, it is shown that only a subset of the initial data, that satisfies certain regularity conditions, gives rise to well-defined charges at the point where future (past) infinity meets spatial infinity. Given such initial data, the charges are shown to be fully expressed in terms of the freely specifiable part of the data. Moreover, it is shown that there exists a natural correspondence between the charges defined at future and past null infinity.
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spellingShingle Asymptotic charges for spin-1 and spin-2 fields at the critical sets of null infinity
Magdy, Mariem
Kroon, Juan A. Valiente
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
The asymptotic charges of spin-1 and spin-2 fields are studied near spatial infinity. We evaluate the charges at the critical sets where spatial infinity meets null infinity with the aim of finding the relation between the charges at future and past null infinity. To this end, we make use of Friedrich's framework of the cylinder at spatial infinity to obtain asymptotic expansions of the Maxwell and spin-2 fields near spatial infinity, which are fully determined in terms of initial data on a Cauchy hypersurface. Expanding the initial data in terms of spin-weighted spherical harmonics, it is shown that only a subset of the initial data, that satisfies certain regularity conditions, gives rise to well-defined charges at the point where future (past) infinity meets spatial infinity. Given such initial data, the charges are shown to be fully expressed in terms of the freely specifiable part of the data. Moreover, it is shown that there exists a natural correspondence between the charges defined at future and past null infinity.
title Asymptotic charges for spin-1 and spin-2 fields at the critical sets of null infinity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.03890