Positivity of the Bondi mass in Bondi's radiating spacetimes
Wen-ling Huang
Universität Hamburg, GermanyShing-Tung Yau
Harvard University, Cambridge, United StatesXiao Zhang
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Abstract
We find two conditions related to the news functions of the Bondi's radiating vacuum spacetimes. We provide a complete proof of the positivity of the Bondi mass by using Schoen–Yau's method under one condition and by using Witten's method under another condition.
Cite this article
Wen-ling Huang, Shing-Tung Yau, Xiao Zhang, Positivity of the Bondi mass in Bondi's radiating spacetimes. Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Natur. 17 (2006), no. 4, pp. 335–349
DOI 10.4171/RLM/472