BMS supertranslations and memory in four and higher dimensions

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA777AzbMATH Open1373.83033arXiv1612.03290OpenAlexW2562676916MaRDI QIDQ4592664FDOQ4592664

Stefan Hollands, Akihiro Ishibashi, Robert M. Wald

Publication date: 7 November 2017

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the memory effect in even dimensional spacetimes of dimension $dge4$ arising from a burst of gravitational radiation. When $d=4$, the natural frames in the stationary eras before and after the burst differ by the composition of a boost and supertranslation, and this supertranslation characterizes the "memory effect," i.e., the permanent displacement of test particles near infinity produced by the radiation burst. However, we show that when $d>4$, this supertranslation and the corresponding memory effect vanish. Consequently, when $d>4$, it is natural to impose stronger asymptotic conditions at null infinity that reduce the asymptotic symmetry group to the Poincare group. Conversely, when $d=4$, the asymptotic symmetry group at null infinity must be taken to be the BMS group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.03290

zbMATH Keywords

gravitational radiationhigher dimensionsasymptotic symmetrynull infinitymemory effectsupertranslationsBMS group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear constitutive equations for materials with memory (74D10) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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