Quasi-Asimptotically Flat Spacetimes and Their ADM Mass
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We define spacetimes that are asymptotically flat, except for a deficit solid angle , and present a definition of their ``ADM'' mass, which is finite for this class of spacetimes, and, in particular, coincides with the value of the parameter of the global monopole spacetime studied by Vilenkin and Barriola . Moreover, we show that the definition is coordinate independent, and explain why it can, in some cases, be negative.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9611043,
title = {Quasi-Asimptotically Flat Spacetimes and Their ADM Mass},
author = {Ulises Nucamendi and Daniel Sudarsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9611043},
year = {2009}
}
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