Asymptotic Behavior of Mass and Spacetime Geometry [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, USA October 17–21, 1983 / edited by F. J. Flaherty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flaherty, F. J., Editor.

Series:

Lecture Notes in Physics, 0075-8450 ; 202

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitation.

Physics.

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

Local Subjects:

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1984.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

The positive energy theorem and its extensions

Mass and angular momentum at the quasi-local level in general relativity

The positive mass theorem and black holes

Exotic differentiable structures on Euclidean 4-space

A new approach to the vacuum Einstein equation

The existence of maximal surfaces in asymptotically flat spacetimes

Causality of classical supergravity

A gauge invariant index theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds

On the boundary conditions for gravitational and gauge fields at spatial infinity

Metric fluctuations and the entropy of black holes

The numerical characteristic initial value problem

Time-asymmetric initial data for n black holes

The gravitational Hamiltonian

Twistors, asymptotic symmetries and conservation laws at null and spatial infinity

Two-surface twistors and conformal embedding

Remarks on the cosmic censorship conjecture

On some (con-)formal properties of Einstein's field equations and their consequences.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

3-540-38897-4