Asymptotic Behavior of Mass and Spacetime Geometry [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, USA October 17–21, 1983 / / edited by F. J. Flaherty

• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1984
• Edizione: 1st ed. 1984.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (VI, 219 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.1
• Soggetto topico: Gravitation; Physics; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation
• Persona (resp. second.): FlahertyF. J
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Asymptotic behavior of mass and spacetime geometry
• ISBN: 3-540-38897-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910257405903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Lecture Notes in Physics, . 0075-8450 ; ; 202