Polyhomogeneity and zero-rest-mass fields with applications to Newman-Penrose constants

Details Polyhomogeneity and zero-rest-mass fields with applications to Newman-Penrose constants Polyhomogeneity and zero-rest-mass fields with applications to Newman-Penrose constants

1999-07-28

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9907097v1

Class.Quant.Grav. 17 (2000) 605-621

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

19 pages

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/17/3/304

A discussion of polyhomogeneity (asymptotic expansions in terms of $1/r$ and $\ln r$) for zero-rest-mass fields and gravity and its relation with the Newman-Penrose (NP) constants is given. It is shown that for spin-$s$ zero-rest-mass fields propagating on Minkowski spacetime, the logarithmic terms in the asymptotic expansion appear naturally if the field does not obey the ``Peeling theorem''. The terms that give rise to the slower fall-off admit a natural interpretation in terms of advanced field. The connection between such fields and the NP constants is also discussed. The case when the background spacetime is curved and polyhomogeneous (in general) is considered. The free fields have to be polyhomogeneous, but the logarithmic terms due to the connection appear at higher powers of $1/r$. In the case of gravity, it is shown that it is possible to define a new auxiliary field, regular at null infinity, and containing some relevant information on the asymptotic behaviour of the spacetime. This auxiliary zero-rest-mass field ``evaluated at future infinity ($i^+$)'' yields the logarithmic NP constants.

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