Memory effects in Kundt wave spacetimes

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2020.135611MaRDI QIDQ822410zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. Chakraborty, Sayan Kar

Publication date 22 September 2021

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.00245

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: Memory effects in the exact Kundt wave spacetimes are shown to arise in the behaviour of geodesics in such spacetimes. The types of Kundt spacetimes we consider here are direct products of the form $H^{2}imesM(1,1)$ and $S^{2}imesM(1,1)$. Both geometries have constant scalar curvature. We consider a scenario in which initial velocities of the transverse geodesic coordinates are set to zero (before the arrival of the pulse) in a spacetime with non-vanishing background curvature. We look for changes in the separation between pairs of geodesics caused by the pulse. Any relative change observed in the position and velocity profiles of geodesics, after the burst, can be solely attributed to the wave (hence, a memory effect). For constant negative curvature, we find there is permanent change in the separation of geodesics after the pulse has departed. Thus, there is displacement memory, though no velocity memory is found. In the case of constant positive scalar curvature (Pleba'nski-Hacyan spacetimes), we find both displacement and velocity memory along one direction. In the other direction, a new kind of memory (which we term as frequency memory effect) is observed where the separation between the geodesics shows periodic oscillations once the pulse has left. We also carry out similar analyses for spacetimes with a non-constant scalar curvature, which may be positive or negative. The results here seem to qualitatively agree with those for constant scalar curvature, thereby suggesting a link between the nature of memory and curvature.

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