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arxiv: 1901.06952 · v1 · pith:L3M3BAQRnew · submitted 2019-01-21 · 🌀 gr-qc · math-ph· math.DG· math.MP

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

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keywords massinfinitynullquasi-localbondi-sachscoordinatesasymptoticallybondi
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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.

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