Superrotations are linkages
We show that superrotations can be described using the geometric conformal completion method of Penrose. In particular, superrotation charges and fluxes can be described and calculated using the linkage method of Geroch and Winicour. Whether superrotation charges are calculated using the coordinate based Bondi formalism or the geometric Penrose formalism, the fact that the superrotation blows up at a point makes the superrotation charge formally ill-defined. Nonetheless, we show that it can be made well-defined through a regularization procedure devised by Flanagan and Nichols.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- Oakland University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/pnt2-1pq9
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00