Static energetics in gravity

DOI10.1063/1.5082730MaRDI QIDQ5379501zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors W. E. V. Barker, A. N. Lasenby, M. P. Hobson, W. J. Handley

Publication date 12 June 2019

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.09844

zbMATH Keywords

gravityKomar massgeometric algebratetradsstress-energy tensorgravitational energyharmonic gaugeNewtonian limitenergeticsEinstein-Cartan gravityspin connectiongauge theory gravityPoincaré gauge theoryKlein-Gordon correspondenceSchwarzschild star

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) (58A15) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Gravitational waves (83C35) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Abstract: A stress-energy tensor for linear gravity adapted to the harmonic gauge was recently proposed by Butcher, Hobson and Lasenby. By removing gauge constraints and imposing full metrical GR, we find a natural generalisation to the pseudotensor of Einstein. M{o}ller's pseudotensor is an alternative to that of Einstein formulated using tetrads. We obtain the pseudotensor of M{o}ller for gauge theory gravity (GTG) using a variational approach, identifying a potentially interesting recipe for constructing conserved currents in that theory. We show that in static, spherical spacetimes with a central gravitational mass M{o}ller's pseudotensor describes gravitational stress-energy as if the gravitational potential were a scalar (i.e. Klein-Gordon) field coupled to a gravitational mass density on the Minkowski background. The old Newtonian formula successfully describes the potential of even strong fields in this picture. The Newtonian limit of this effect was previously observed in the tensor of Butcher; we recover a local virial theorem in this limit. We demonstrate using the `Schwarzschild star' solution for an incompressible perfect fluid ball.

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