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Phys. Rev. D 41, 410–417 (1990)

Conserved quantities at spatial and null infinity: The Penrose potential

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Joshua N. Goldberg
Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1130

Received 19 June 1989; published in the issue dated 15 January 1990

We define a superpotential for energy-momentum and rotation momentum which is built out of the conformal tensor and a bivector. This superpotential is identified with that used by Penrose in his definition of quasilocal energy. It is applied to the definition of energy-momentum and rotation momentum at spatial and at null infinities. At spatial infinity the results are in agreement with those of Ashtekar and Hansen. At null infinity the results are unsatisfactory; they are tied to a specific Bondi frame. Thus, they are not in agreement with the results of Tamburino and Winicour, Geroch and Winicour, nor with those of Dray and Streubel. Some reasons for this failure are discussed.

© 1990 The American Physical Society

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