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
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