Symmetries of Trautman retarded radial coordinates

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AAA1DDzbMATH Open1386.83012arXiv1709.07297OpenAlexW2760723780WikidataQ58879725 ScholiaQ58879725MaRDI QIDQ4638951FDOQ4638951

Maciej Kolanowski, Jerzy Lewandowski

Publication date: 2 May 2018

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

Abstract: We consider spacetime described by observer that uses Trautman's retarded radial coordinates system. Given a metric tensor, we find all the symmetry maps. They set a 10 dimensional family of local diffeomorphisms of spacetime and can be parametrized by the Poincar'e algebra. This result is similar to the symmetries of a Gauss observer using the Gauss simultaneous radial coordinates and experiencing the algebra deformation induced by the spacetime Riemann tensor. A new, surprising property of the retarded coordinates is that while the symmetries are differentiable, in general they are not differentiable twice. In other words, a family of smooth symmetries is smaller than in the Gaussian case. We demonstrate examples of that non-smoothness and find necessary conditions for the differentiability to the second order. We also discuss the consequences and relevance of that result for geometric relational observables program. One can interpret our result as that the retarded radial coordinates provide gauge conditions stronger that the Gaussian 4d radial gauge.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.07297

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zbMATH Keywords

observablesgauge choiceTrautmann coordinates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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