Gravitational radiation at infinity with non-negative cosmological constant

arXiv2208.05436MaRDI QIDQ6407526FDOQ6407526

José M. M. Senovilla

Publication date: 10 August 2022

Abstract: The existence of gravitational radiation arriving at null infinity -- i.e. escaping from the physical system -- is addressed in the presence of a non-negative cosmological constant $Lambdageq0$. The case with vanishing $Lambda$ is well understood and relies on the properties of the News tensor field (or the News function) defined at infinity. The situation is drastically different when $Lambda>0$ where there is no known notion of `News' with similar good properties. In this paper both situations are considered jointly from a {em tidal} point of view, that is, taking into account the strength (or energy) of the curvature tensors. The fundamental object used for that purposes in the {em asymptotic (radiant) super-momentum}, a causal vector defined at infinity with remarkable properties. This leads to a novel characterization of gravitational radiation valid for the general case with $Lambdageq0$ that has been proven to be equivalent, when $Lambda=0$, to the standard one based on News. The implications of this result are analyzed in some detail when $Lambda>0$. A general procedure to construct `news tensors' when $Lambda>0$ is depicted, a proposal for asymptotic symmetries provided, and an example of a conserved charge that may detect gravitational radiation at infinity exhibited. A series of illustrative examples is listed.

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