Angular momentum at null infinity in higher dimensions

Kentaro Tanabe, Tetsuya Shiromizu, and Shunichiro Kinoshita
Phys. Rev. D 85, 124058 – Published 26 June 2012

Abstract

We define the angular momentum at null infinity in higher dimensions. The asymptotic symmetry at null infinity becomes the Poincaré group in higher dimensions. This fact implies that the angular momentum can be defined without any ambiguities such as the supertranslation in four dimensions. Indeed we can show that the angular momentum in our definition is transformed covariantly with respect to the Poincaré group.

  • Received 13 March 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.124058

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Kentaro Tanabe1, Tetsuya Shiromizu2, and Shunichiro Kinoshita2

  • 1Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
  • 2Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

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Vol. 85, Iss. 12 — 15 June 2012

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