953 research outputs found
Stationary untrapped boundary conditions in general relativity
A class of boundary conditions for canonical general relativity are proposed
and studied at the quasi-local level. It is shown that for untrapped or
marginal surfaces, fixing the area element on the 2-surface (rather than the
induced 2-metric) and the angular momentum surface density is enough to have a
functionally differentiable Hamiltonian, thus providing definition of conserved
quantities for the quasi-local regions. If on the boundary the evolution vector
normal to the 2-surface is chosen to be proportional to the dual expansion
vector, we obtain a generalization of the Hawking energy associated with a
generalized Kodama vector. This vector plays the role for the stationary
untrapped boundary conditions which the stationary Killing vector plays for
stationary black holes. When the dual expansion vector is null, the boundary
conditions reduce to the ones given by the non-expanding horizons and the null
trapping horizons.Comment: 11 pages, improved discussion section, a reference added, accepted
for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravit
On a class of 2-surface observables in general relativity
The boundary conditions for canonical vacuum general relativity is
investigated at the quasi-local level. It is shown that fixing the area element
on the 2- surface S (rather than the induced 2-metric) is enough to have a well
defined constraint algebra, and a well defined Poisson algebra of basic
Hamiltonians parameterized by shifts that are tangent to and divergence-free on
$. The evolution equations preserve these boundary conditions and the value of
the basic Hamiltonian gives 2+2 covariant, gauge-invariant 2-surface
observables. The meaning of these observables is also discussed.Comment: 11 pages, a discussion of the observables in stationary spacetimes is
included, new references are added, typos correcte
Self-intersection local time of planar Brownian motion based on a strong approximation by random walks
The main purpose of this work is to define planar self-intersection local
time by an alternative approach which is based on an almost sure pathwise
approximation of planar Brownian motion by simple, symmetric random walks. As a
result, Brownian self-intersection local time is obtained as an almost sure
limit of local averages of simple random walk self-intersection local times. An
important tool is a discrete version of the Tanaka--Rosen--Yor formula; the
continuous version of the formula is obtained as an almost sure limit of the
discrete version. The author hopes that this approach to self-intersection
local time is more transparent and elementary than other existing ones.Comment: 36 pages. A new part on renormalized self-intersection local time has
been added and several inaccuracies have been corrected. To appear in Journal
of Theoretical Probabilit
Hunting for binary Cepheids using lucky imaging technique
Detecting companions to Cepheids is difficult. In most cases the bright
pulsator overshines the fainter secondary. Since Cepheids play a key role in
determining the cosmic distance scale it is crucial to find binaries among the
calibrating stars of the period-luminosity relation. Here we present an ongoing
observing project of searching for faint and close companions of Galactic
Cepheids using lucky imaging technique.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, published in AN. Proceedings for the 6th Workshop
of Young Researchers in Astronomy and Astrophysic
Total angular momentum from Dirac eigenspinors
The eigenvalue problem for Dirac operators, constructed from two connections
on the spinor bundle over closed spacelike 2-surfaces, is investigated. A class
of divergence free vector fields, built from the eigenspinors, are found,
which, for the lowest eigenvalue, reproduce the rotation Killing vectors of
metric spheres, and provide rotation BMS vector fields at future null infinity.
This makes it possible to introduce a well defined, gauge invariant spatial
angular momentum at null infinity, which reduces to the standard expression in
stationary spacetimes. The general formula for the angular momentum flux
carried away be the gravitational radiation is also derived.Comment: 34 pages, typos corrected, four references added, appearing in Class.
Quantum Gra
Extremality conditions for isolated and dynamical horizons
A maximally rotating Kerr black hole is said to be extremal. In this paper we
introduce the corresponding restrictions for isolated and dynamical horizons.
These reduce to the standard notions for Kerr but in general do not require the
horizon to be either stationary or rotationally symmetric. We consider physical
implications and applications of these results. In particular we introduce a
parameter e which characterizes how close a horizon is to extremality and
should be calculable in numerical simulations.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, added reference; v3 appendix added with proof of
result from section IIID, some discussion and references added. Version to
appear in PR
On certain quasi-local spin-angular momentum expressions for small spheres
The Ludvigsen-Vickers and two recently suggested quasi-local spin-angular
momentum expressions, based on holomorphic and anti-holomorphic spinor fields,
are calculated for small spheres of radius about a point . It is shown
that, apart from the sign in the case of anti-holomorphic spinors in
non-vacuum, the leading terms of all these expressions coincide. In non-vacuum
spacetimes this common leading term is of order , and it is the product of
the contraction of the energy-momentum tensor and an average of the approximate
boost-rotation Killing vector that vanishes at and of the 3-volume of the
ball of radius . In vacuum spacetimes the leading term is of order ,
and the factor of proportionality is the contraction of the Bel-Robinson tensor
and an other average of the same approximate boost-rotation Killing vector.Comment: 16 pages, Plain Te
Quasi-local energy-momentum and two-surface characterization of the pp-wave spacetimes
In the present paper the determination of the {\it pp}-wave metric form the
geometry of certain spacelike two-surfaces is considered. It has been shown
that the vanishing of the Dougan--Mason quasi-local mass , associated
with the smooth boundary of a spacelike
hypersurface , is equivalent to the statement that the Cauchy
development is of a {\it pp}-wave type geometry with pure
radiation, provided the ingoing null normals are not diverging on and the
dominant energy condition holds on . The metric on
itself, however, has not been determined. Here, assuming that the matter is a
zero-rest-mass-field, it is shown that both the matter field and the {\it
pp}-wave metric of are completely determined by the value of the
zero-rest-mass-field on and the two dimensional Sen--geometry of
provided a convexity condition, slightly stronger than above, holds. Thus the
{\it pp}-waves can be characterized not only by the usual Cauchy data on a {\it
three} dimensional but by data on its {\it two} dimensional boundary
too. In addition, it is shown that the Ludvigsen--Vickers quasi-local
angular momentum of axially symmetric {\it pp}-wave geometries has the familiar
properties known for pure (matter) radiation.Comment: 15 pages, Plain Tex, no figure
On the roots of the Poincare structure of asymptotically flat spacetimes
The analysis of vacuum general relativity by R. Beig and N. O Murchadha (Ann.
Phys. vol 174, 463 (1987)) is extended in numerous ways. The weakest possible
power-type fall-off conditions for the energy-momentum tensor, the metric, the
extrinsic curvature, the lapse and the shift are determined, which, together
with the parity conditions, are preserved by the energy-momentum conservation
and the evolution equations. The algebra of the asymptotic Killing vectors,
defined with respect to a foliation of the spacetime, is shown to be the
Lorentz Lie algebra for slow fall-off of the metric, but it is the Poincare
algebra for 1/r or faster fall-off. It is shown that the applicability of the
symplectic formalism already requires the 1/r (or faster) fall-off of the
metric. The connection between the Poisson algebra of the Beig-O Murchadha
Hamiltonians and the asymptotic Killing vectors is clarified. The value H[K^a]
of their Hamiltonian is shown to be conserved in time if K^a is an asymptotic
Killing vector defined with respect to the constant time slices. The angular
momentum and centre-of-mass, defined by the value of H[K^a] for asymptotic
rotation-boost Killing vectors K^a, are shown to be finite only for 1/r or
faster fall-off of the metric. Our center-of-mass expression is the difference
of that of Beig and O Murchadha and the spatial momentum times the coordinate
time. The spatial angular momentum and this centre-of-mass form a Lorentz
tensor, which transforms in the correct way under Poincare transformations.Comment: 34 pages, plain TEX, misleading notations changed, discussion
improved and corrected, appearing in Class. Quantum Gra
On quasi-local charges and Newman--Penrose type quantities in Yang--Mills theories
We generalize the notion of quasi-local charges, introduced by P. Tod for
Yang--Mills fields with unitary groups, to non-Abelian gauge theories with
arbitrary gauge group, and calculate its small sphere and large sphere limits
both at spatial and null infinity. We show that for semisimple gauge groups no
reasonable definition yield conserved total charges and Newman--Penrose (NP)
type quantities at null infinity in generic, radiative configurations. The
conditions of their conservation, both in terms of the field configurations and
the structure of the gauge group, are clarified. We also calculate the NP
quantities for stationary, asymptotic solutions of the field equations with
vanishing magnetic charges, and illustrate these by explicit solutions with
various gauge groups.Comment: 22 pages, typos corrected, appearing in Classical and Quantum Gravit
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