The Momentum Four-Vector in the $eψ$N Formalism and the Angular Momentum Imparted to Test Particles by Gravitational Waves

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2007-02-14

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0702074v1

Nuovo Cim. B115 (2000) 419-425

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

8 pages, LaTex

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Since gravitational waves are solutions of Einstein's field equations with a zero stress-energy tensor, the reality of these waves was questioned. To demonstrate it, the momentum imparted to test particles by such waves was evaluated. A closed form expression for this quantity was provided by Qadir and Sharif, using an extension of the pseudo-Newtonian formalism. That formalism carried with it the zero component of the momentum vector, which could not be interpreted as the energy imparted to the test particle. Sharif proposed that it may represent the angular momentum imparted to test particles by gravitational waves. In this paper it is shown that this interpretation is not valid. An alternative explanation has been provided.

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