Gravitational and electromagnetic fields near a de Sitter-like infinity
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We present a characterization of general gravitational and electromagnetic fields near de Sitter-like conformal infinity which supplements the standard peeling behavior. This is based on an explicit evaluation of the dependence of the radiative component of the fields on the null direction from which infinity is approached. It is shown that the directional pattern of radiation has a universal character that is determined by the algebraic (Petrov) type of the spacetime. Specifically, the radiation field vanishes along directions opposite to principal null directions.
4 pages, 1 figure, accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett
4 pages, 1 figure, accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett