Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
1996-09-24
Phys.Rev. D55 (1997) 1977-1984
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
REVTEX, 16 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.1977
We define the energy of a perfectly isolated system at a given retarded time as the suitable null limit of the quasilocal energy $E$. The result coincides with the Bondi-Sachs mass. Our $E$ is the lapse-unity shift-zero boundary value of the gravitational Hamiltonian appropriate for the partial system $\Sigma$ contained within a finite topologically spherical boundary $B = \partial \Sigma$. Moreover, we show that with an arbitrary lapse and zero shift the same null limit of the Hamiltonian defines a physically meaningful element in the space dual to supertranslations. This result is specialized to yield an expression for the full Bondi-Sachs four-momentum in terms of Hamiltonian values.
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Brown Jacqueline D.
Lau Stephen R.
York James W. Jr.
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