• Accepted Paper

Proof of conservation laws in gravitational scattering: Tails and breaking of peeling

Geoffrey Compère and Sébastien Robert

Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 13 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/hlx7-frmx

Abstract

We propose a definition of asymptotically flat spacetimes that is consistent with both null infinities and compatible with known properties of gravitational scattering, incoming and outgoing radiation, and interactions with matter. For this class of spacetimes, we prove three antipodal matching conditions at spatial infinity: one for the so-called dual mass aspect, one for the leading tail of the shear, and one that non-trivially relates the peeling properties of the spacetime at both null infinities to the leading tail and mass aspect at spatial infinity. Furthermore, we reformulate these identities as conservation and flux balance laws defined on the boundary hyperboloid at spatial infinity.

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