Asymptotic Behavior of Mass and Spacetime Geometry : Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, USA October 17-21, 1983

F. J. Flaherty

ISBN 10: 3540133518 / ISBN 13: 9783540133513

Published by Springer, Springer Spektrum, 1984

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Asymptotic Behavior of Mass and Spacetime Geometry : Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, USA October 17-21, 1983
• Publisher: Springer, Springer Spektrum
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540133518
• ISBN 13: 9783540133513
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 13D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 402 grams