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supermomentum

supermomentum noun: the conserved charges associated with BMS supertranslations at null infinity.

Noun

supermomentum

  1. the conserved charges associated with BMS supertranslations at null infinity
    • The supermomentum charges are associated with ordinary gravitational wave memory, and the super center-of-mass charges are associated with total (ordinary plus null) gravitational wave memory, in the terminology of Bieri and Garfinkle.2015, Eanna E. Flanagan, David A. Nichols, “Conserved charges of the extended Bondi-Metzner-Sachs group”, in arXiv

Origin of supermomentum

From super- + momentum.

Questions about supermomentum

What does supermomentum mean?
Supermomentum means the conserved charges associated with BMS supertranslations at null infinity.
What part of speech is supermomentum?
Supermomentum is a noun.

Words near supermomentum in the dictionary

  1. supermoist
  2. supermolecular
  3. supermolecule
  4. supermolecules
  5. supermom
  6. supermomentum
  7. supermoms
  8. supermonkey
  9. supermonkeys
  10. supermonogamy
  11. supermonster

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