Published September 1999 | Version public
Journal Article

Graviton-graviton scattering, Bel-Robinson and energy (pseudo)-tensors

  • 1. ROR icon Brandeis University
  • 2. ROR icon École Normale Supérieure - PSL

Abstract

Motivated by recent work involving the graviton-graviton tree scattering amplitude, and its twin descriptions as the square of the Bel-Robinson tensor, B_(µναβ), and as the 'current-current interaction' square of gravitational energy pseudo-tensors t_(αβ), we find an exact tensor-square root equality B_(µναβ)= ((∂2)/(µν))t_(αβ), for a combination of Einstein and Landau-Lifschitz t_(αβ), in Riemann normal coordinates. In the process, we relate, on-shell, the usual superpotential basis for classifying pseudo-tensors with one spanned by polynomials in the curvature.

Additional Information

© 1999 IOP Publishing. Received 7 May 1999. This work was supported by NSF grants PHY93-18511 and 99-73935.

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Identifiers

Eprint ID
86380
DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/16/9/301
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20180511-160335192

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Funding

NSF
PHY93-18511
NSF
PHY99-73935

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