Examination of a simple example of gravitational wave memory

Alexander Tolish, Lydia Bieri, David Garfinkle, and Robert M. Wald
Phys. Rev. D 90, 044060 – Published 26 August 2014

Abstract

We examine a simple example of gravitational wave memory due to the decay of a point particle into two point particles. In the case where one of the decay products is null, there are two types of memory: a null memory due to the null particle and an ordinary memory due to the recoiling timelike particle. In the case where both decay products are timelike, there is only ordinary memory. However, this ordinary memory can mimic the null memory in the limit where one of the decay products has a large velocity.

  • Received 29 May 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.044060

© 2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Alexander Tolish1,*, Lydia Bieri2,†, David Garfinkle3,4,‡, and Robert M. Wald1,§

  • 1Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
  • 2Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1120, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
  • 4Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1120, USA

  • *tolish@uchicago.edu
  • lbieri@umich.edu
  • garfinkl@oakland.edu
  • §rmwa@uchicago.edu

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Vol. 90, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2014

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