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Two novel results for the gravitational memory effect are presented in this paper. We first extend the formula for the memory effect to solutions with arbitrary two surface boundary topology. The memory effect for the Robinson-Trautman solution is obtained in its standard form. Then we propose a new observational effect for the spin memory. It is a time delay of time-like free falling observers.
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Mao, P., Wu, X. More on gravitational memory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 58 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2019)058
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