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Quasi-local mass at null infinity in Bondi-Sachs coordinates
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- There are two important statements regarding the Trautman-Bondi mass at null infinity: one is the positivity, and the other is the Bondi mass loss formula, which are both global in nature. In this note, we compute the limit of the Wang-Yau quasi-local mass on unit spheres at null infinity of an asymptotically flat spacetime in the Bondi-Sachs coordinates. The quasi-local mass leads to a local description of the radiation that is purely gravitational at null infinity. In particular, the quasi-local mass is evaluated in terms of the news function of the Bondi-Sachs coordinates.<br />Comment: 11 pages
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1901.06952
- Document Type :
- Working Paper