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Do gravitational waves carry energy‐momentum and angular momentum?
Author(s) -
Garecki Janusz
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3889(200206)11:6<442::aid-andp442>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - physics , angular momentum , gravitational wave , gravitational energy , carry (investment) , gravitational field , classical mechanics , total angular momentum quantum number , energy–momentum relation , angular momentum of light , momentum (technical analysis) , quantum electrodynamics , angular momentum coupling , quantum mechanics , finance , economics
We show that gravitational waves which possess a non‐vanishing Riemann tensor R iklm ≠ 0 always carry energy‐momentum and angular momentum. Our proof uses canonical superenergy and supermomentum tensors for the gravitational field.