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Quasi-local mass at null infinity in Bondi-Sachs coordinates

Authors :
Chen, Po-Ning
Wang, Mu-Tao
Wang, Ye-Kai
Yau, Shing-Tung
Publication Year :
2019

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