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Title: Radiative observables for linearized gravity on asymptotically flat spacetimes and their boundary induced states

Abstract

We discuss the quantization of linearized gravity on globally hyperbolic, asymptotically flat, vacuum spacetimes, and the construction of distinguished states which are both of Hadamard form and invariant under the action of all bulk isometries. The procedure, we follow, consists of looking for a realization of the observables of the theory as a sub-algebra of an auxiliary, non-dynamical algebra constructed on future null infinity ℱ⁺. The applicability of this scheme is tantamount to proving that a solution of the equations of motion for linearized gravity can be extended smoothly to ℱ⁺. This has been claimed to be possible provided that a suitable gauge fixing condition, first written by Geroch and Xanthopoulos [“Asymptotic simplicity is stable,” J. Math. Phys. 19, 714 (1978)], is imposed. We review its definition critically, showing that there exists a previously unnoticed obstruction in its implementation leading us to introducing the concept of radiative observables. These constitute an algebra for which a Hadamard state induced from null infinity and invariant under the action of all spacetime isometries exists and it is explicitly constructed.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Universitá degli Studi di Pavia and INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Via Bassi, 6, I-27100 Pavia (Italy)
  2. Fakultät für Mathematik, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, D-93040 Regensburg (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22306092
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2488
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ALGEBRA; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATION; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE-TIME

Citation Formats

Benini, Marco, Dappiaggi, Claudio, and Murro, Simone. Radiative observables for linearized gravity on asymptotically flat spacetimes and their boundary induced states. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4890581.
Benini, Marco, Dappiaggi, Claudio, & Murro, Simone. Radiative observables for linearized gravity on asymptotically flat spacetimes and their boundary induced states. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890581
Benini, Marco, Dappiaggi, Claudio, and Murro, Simone. 2014. "Radiative observables for linearized gravity on asymptotically flat spacetimes and their boundary induced states". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890581.
@article{osti_22306092,
title = {Radiative observables for linearized gravity on asymptotically flat spacetimes and their boundary induced states},
author = {Benini, Marco and Dappiaggi, Claudio and Murro, Simone},
abstractNote = {We discuss the quantization of linearized gravity on globally hyperbolic, asymptotically flat, vacuum spacetimes, and the construction of distinguished states which are both of Hadamard form and invariant under the action of all bulk isometries. The procedure, we follow, consists of looking for a realization of the observables of the theory as a sub-algebra of an auxiliary, non-dynamical algebra constructed on future null infinity ℱ⁺. The applicability of this scheme is tantamount to proving that a solution of the equations of motion for linearized gravity can be extended smoothly to ℱ⁺. This has been claimed to be possible provided that a suitable gauge fixing condition, first written by Geroch and Xanthopoulos [“Asymptotic simplicity is stable,” J. Math. Phys. 19, 714 (1978)], is imposed. We review its definition critically, showing that there exists a previously unnoticed obstruction in its implementation leading us to introducing the concept of radiative observables. These constitute an algebra for which a Hadamard state induced from null infinity and invariant under the action of all spacetime isometries exists and it is explicitly constructed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4890581},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22306092}, journal = {Journal of Mathematical Physics},
issn = {0022-2488},
number = 8,
volume = 55,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}