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Hamiltonian Field Theory in the Radiating Regime

By Piotr T. Chrusciel , Jacek Jezierski , Jerzy Kijowski

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2001
ISBN
3540428844
Open Library ID
OL18168139M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1160161 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs
Edition
1
Pages
164\164
Topic
Physics
Library
kolxoz
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

The purpose of this monograph is to show that, in the radiation regime, there exists a Hamiltonian description of the dynamics of a massless scalar field, as well as of the dynamics of the gravitational field. The authors construct such a framework extending the previous work of Kijowski and Tulczyjew. They start by reviewing some elementary facts concerning Hamiltonian dynamical systems and then describe the geometric Hamiltonian framework, adequate for both the usual asymptotically flat-at-spatial-infinity regime and for the radiation regime. The text then gives a detailed description of the application of the new formalism to the case of the massless scalar field. Finally, the formalism is applied to the case of Einstein gravity. The Hamiltonian role of the Trautman--Bondi mass is exhibited. A Hamiltonian definition of angular momentum at null infinity is derived and analysed.

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