Mass loss due to gravitational waves with Λ > 0

DOI10.1142/S0217732317300208zbMATH Open1371.83005arXiv1704.07514MaRDI QIDQ5363897FDOQ5363897

Authors: Vee-Liem Saw 

Publication date: 2 October 2017

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The theoretical basis for the energy carried away by gravitational waves that an isolated gravitating system emits was first formulated by Hermann Bondi during the 1960s. Recent findings from looking at distant supernovae revealed that the rate of expansion of our universe is accelerating, which may be well-explained by sticking in a positive cosmological constant into the Einstein field equations for general relativity. By solving the Newman-Penrose equations (which are equivalent to the Einstein field equations), we generalise this notion of Bondi mass-energy and thereby provide a firm theoretical description of how an isolated gravitating system loses energy as it radiates gravitational waves, in a universe that expands at an accelerated rate. This is in line with the observational front of LIGO's first announcement in February 2016 that gravitational waves from the merger of a binary black hole system have been detected.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.07514

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantde Sittergravitational wavesnull infinityBondi-Sachs massmass-loss formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational waves (83C35) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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• Gravitational Waves in General Relativity
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