On the Stress Tensor for Asymptotically Flat Gravity

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dc.creatorMann, Robert B.
dc.creatorMarolf, Donald
dc.creatorMcNees, Robert
dc.creatorVirmani, Amitabh
dc.date2008-04-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:49:48Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:49:48Z
dc.descriptionThe recent introduction of a boundary stress tensor for asymptotically flat spacetimes enabled a new construction of energy, momentum, and Lorentz charges. These charges are known to generate the asymptotic symmetries of the theory, but their explicit formulas are not identical to previous constructions in the literature. This paper corrects an earlier comparison with other approaches, including terms in the definition of the stress tensor charges that were previously overlooked. We show that these terms either vanish identically (for d > 4) or take a form that does not contribute to the conserved charges (for d=4). This verifies the earlier claim that boundary stress tensor methods for asymptotically flat spacetimes yield the same conserved charges as other approaches. We also derive some additional connections between the boundary stress tensor and the electric part of the Weyl tensor.
dc.description31 pages, no figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2079
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2079
dc.identifierClass.Quant.Grav.25:225019,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/22/225019
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203366
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleOn the Stress Tensor for Asymptotically Flat Gravity
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