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 ℑ+. 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 ℑ+. This has been claimed to be possible provided that a suitable gauge fixing condition, first written by Geroch and Xanthopoulos [“
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August 2014
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July 25 2014
Radiative observables for linearized gravity on asymptotically flat spacetimes and their boundary induced states
Marco Benini;
Marco Benini
a)
1Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica,
Universitá degli Studi di Pavia & INFN
, Sezione di Pavia, Via Bassi, 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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Claudio Dappiaggi;
Claudio Dappiaggi
b)
1Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica,
Universitá degli Studi di Pavia & INFN
, Sezione di Pavia, Via Bassi, 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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Simone Murro
Simone Murro
c)
2Fakultät für Mathematik,
Universität Regensburg
, Universitätsstraße 31, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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a)
Electronic mail: marco.benini@pv.infn.it
b)
Electronic mail: claudio.dappiaggi@unipv.it
c)
Electronic mail: Simone.Murro@mathematik.uni-regensburg.de
J. Math. Phys. 55, 082301 (2014)
Article history
Received:
April 29 2014
Accepted:
July 07 2014
Citation
Marco Benini, Claudio Dappiaggi, Simone Murro; Radiative observables for linearized gravity on asymptotically flat spacetimes and their boundary induced states. J. Math. Phys. 1 August 2014; 55 (8): 082301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890581
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