The mass of a Lorentzian manifold

Claus Gerhardt

The mass of a Lorentzian manifold

Differential Geometry 2008-11-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Authors: Claus Gerhardt

Abstract

We define a physically reasonable mass for an asymptotically Robertson-Walker (ARW) manifold which is uniquely defined in the case of a normalized representation.

Keywords

lorentzian manifold mass asymptotically robertson-walker manifold normalized representation

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0403002,
  title  = {The mass of a Lorentzian manifold},
  author = {Claus Gerhardt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403002},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

14 pages, a pdf version of the preprint can also be retrieved from http://www.math.uni-heidelberg.de/studinfo/gerhardt/mass.pdf and bibtex data from http://www.math.uni-heidelberg.de/studinfo/gerhardt/bibtexcgmass.html v2: Some minor corrections, this is the version that will be printed (ATMP 10)

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