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Angular momentum at null infinity

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, , Citation T Dray and M Streubel 1984 Class. Quantum Grav. 1 15 DOI 10.1088/0264-9381/1/1/005

0264-9381/1/1/15

Abstract

The definition of angular momentum recently given by Penrose (1982) is analysed on I. It is shown that this definition is essentially a supertranslation of previous definitions. The origin dependence of Penrose's angular momentum is shown to have the correct form. Based on Penrose's expression, the authors then define a momentum for all elements of the BMS Lie algebra, which is the first such expression with the property that its flux vanishes identically in Minkowski space.

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10.1088/0264-9381/1/1/005