Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2007-01-18
Phys.Rev.D75:084039,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
13 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.75.084039
We extract the Weyl scalars $\Psi_0$ and $\Psi_4$ in the quasi-Kinnersley tetrad by finding initially the (gauge--, tetrad--, and background--independent) transverse quasi-Kinnersley frame. This step still leaves two undetermined degrees of freedom: the ratio $|\Psi_0|/|\Psi_4|$, and one of the phases (the product $|\Psi_0|\cdot |\Psi_4|$ and the {\em sum} of the phases are determined by the so-called BB radiation scalar). The residual symmetry ("spin/boost") can be removed by gauge fixing of spin coefficients in two steps: First, we break the boost symmetry by requiring that $\rho$ corresponds to a global constant mass parameter that equals the ADM mass (or, equivalently in perturbation theory, that $\rho$ or $\mu$ equal their values in the no-radiation limits), thus determining the two moduli of the Weyl scalars $|\Psi_0|, |\Psi_4|$, while leaving their phases as yet undetermined. Second, we break the spin symmetry by requiring that the ratio $\pi/\tau$ gives the expected polarization state for the gravitational waves, thus determining the phases. Our method of gauge fixing--specifically its second step--is appropriate for cases for which the Weyl curvature is purely electric. Applying this method to Misner and Brill--Lindquist data, we explicitly find the Weyl scalars $\Psi_0$ and $\Psi_4$ perturbatively in the quasi-Kinnersley tetrad.
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