On the gravitational angular momentum of rotating sources

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DOI10.1007/S10714-008-0701-XzbMATH Open1177.83066arXiv0810.1934OpenAlexW3100470723MaRDI QIDQ1035979FDOQ1035979


Authors: Joseé W. Maluf, Sérgio C. Ulhoa Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 4 November 2009

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The gravitational energy-momentum and angular momentum satisfy the algebra of the Poincare group in the full phase space of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. The expression for the gravitational energy-momentum may be written as a surface integral in the three-dimensional spacelike hypersurface, whereas the definition for the angular momentum is given by a volume integral. It turns out that in practical calculations of the angular momentum of the gravitational field generated by localized sources like rotating neutron stars, the volume integral reduces to a surface integral, and the calculations can be easily carried out. Similar to previous investigations in the literature, we show that the total angular momentum is finite provided a certain asymptotic behaviour is verified. We discuss the dependence of the gravitational angular momentum on the frame, and argue that it is a measure of the dragging of inertial frames.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1934




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