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A comment on positive mass for scalar field sources

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-06-01 v1

Abstract

We use a transformation due to Bekenstein to relate the ADM and Bondi masses of asymptotically-flat solutions of the Einstein equations with, respectively, scalar sources and conformal-scalar sources. Although the conformal-scalar energy-momentum tensor does not satisfy the Dominant Energy Condition one may, by this means, still conclude that the ADM mass is positive.

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@article{arxiv.1105.6200,
  title  = {A comment on positive mass for scalar field sources},
  author = {Paul Tod},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.6200},
  year   = {2011}
}

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6 pages

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