Expanding on the double copy in null Fermi coordinates

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Main Authors: Chawla, Samarth, Fransen, Kwinten, Keeler, Cynthia
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Published: 2025
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author Chawla, Samarth
Fransen, Kwinten
Keeler, Cynthia
author_facet Chawla, Samarth
Fransen, Kwinten
Keeler, Cynthia
contents We propose a Weyl classical double copy for a Fermi normal coordinate expansion around null geodesics. To leading order in this "Penrose expansion", we recover a previously proposed double copy of the Penrose limit. For spacetimes with an exact double copy, this Penrose limit double copy is extended to all orders. For spacetimes without such a double copy, generic obstructions appear at second subleading order. We thus argue that for any spacetime, near any null geodesic there is a classical double copy structure at least up to first subleading order in the Penrose expansion. Finally, we point out a difficulty in identifying an appropriate flat space to extend our results to the Kerr-Schild double copy, related to the generic incompatibility between Kerr-Schild and Penrose-Güven gauge.
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spellingShingle Expanding on the double copy in null Fermi coordinates
Chawla, Samarth
Fransen, Kwinten
Keeler, Cynthia
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We propose a Weyl classical double copy for a Fermi normal coordinate expansion around null geodesics. To leading order in this "Penrose expansion", we recover a previously proposed double copy of the Penrose limit. For spacetimes with an exact double copy, this Penrose limit double copy is extended to all orders. For spacetimes without such a double copy, generic obstructions appear at second subleading order. We thus argue that for any spacetime, near any null geodesic there is a classical double copy structure at least up to first subleading order in the Penrose expansion. Finally, we point out a difficulty in identifying an appropriate flat space to extend our results to the Kerr-Schild double copy, related to the generic incompatibility between Kerr-Schild and Penrose-Güven gauge.
title Expanding on the double copy in null Fermi coordinates
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07224