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Positivity of quasi-local mass II

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We prove the following stronger verson of the positivity of quasi-local mass stated in gr-qc/0303019: the quasi-local energy (mass) of each connected component of the boundary of a compact spacelike hypersurface which satisfies the local energy condition is strictly positive unless the spacetime is flat along the spacelike hypersurface and the boundary of the spacelike hypersurface is connected.

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@article{arxiv.math/0412292,
  title  = {Positivity of quasi-local mass II},
  author = {Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu and Shing-Tung Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412292},
  year   = {2007}
}

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23 pages