Asymptotic Behavior of Mass and Spacetime Geometry
Asymptotic Behavior of Mass and Spacetime Geometry Proceedings of the Conference Held at Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, USA, October 17–21, 1983 / [electronic resource] :
edited by Francis J. Flaherty.
- VI, 219 p. online resource.
- Lecture Notes in Physics, 202 0075-8450 ; .
- Lecture Notes in Physics, 202 .
The positive energy theorem and its extensions -- Mass and angular momentum at the quasi-local level in general relativity -- The positive mass theorem and black holes -- Exotic differentiable structures on Euclidean 4-space -- A new approach to the vacuum Einstein equation -- The existence of maximal surfaces in asymptotically flat spacetimes -- Causality of classical supergravity -- A gauge invariant index theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds -- On the boundary conditions for gravitational and gauge fields at spatial infinity -- Metric fluctuations and the entropy of black holes -- The numerical characteristic initial value problem -- Time-asymmetric initial data for n black holes -- The gravitational Hamiltonian -- Twistors, asymptotic symmetries and conservation laws at null and spatial infinity -- Two-surface twistors and conformal embedding -- Remarks on the cosmic censorship conjecture -- On some (con-)formal properties of Einstein's field equations and their consequences.
9783540388975
10.1007/BFb0048062 doi
Mathematical physics.
Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.
QC178 QC173.5-173.65
530.1
The positive energy theorem and its extensions -- Mass and angular momentum at the quasi-local level in general relativity -- The positive mass theorem and black holes -- Exotic differentiable structures on Euclidean 4-space -- A new approach to the vacuum Einstein equation -- The existence of maximal surfaces in asymptotically flat spacetimes -- Causality of classical supergravity -- A gauge invariant index theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds -- On the boundary conditions for gravitational and gauge fields at spatial infinity -- Metric fluctuations and the entropy of black holes -- The numerical characteristic initial value problem -- Time-asymmetric initial data for n black holes -- The gravitational Hamiltonian -- Twistors, asymptotic symmetries and conservation laws at null and spatial infinity -- Two-surface twistors and conformal embedding -- Remarks on the cosmic censorship conjecture -- On some (con-)formal properties of Einstein's field equations and their consequences.
9783540388975
10.1007/BFb0048062 doi
Mathematical physics.
Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.
QC178 QC173.5-173.65
530.1