Positivity of the Bondi mass in Bondi's radiating spacetimes
Shing-Tung Yau
Harvard University, Cambridge, United StatesWen-ling Huang
Universität Hamburg, GermanyXiao Zhang
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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
Shing-Tung Yau, Wen-ling Huang, 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