On asymptotic flatness

DOI10.1007/BF00758554zbMath0474.53059MaRDI QIDQ1158853

Garry Ludwig

Publication date: 1981

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Minkowski spaceasymptotically flatWeyl tensorspace-timenull infinityPenrose's conformal techniqueNUT metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30)

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Asymptotic symmetry and the global structure of future null infinity ⋮ A note on asymptotically flat spaces. II ⋮ On solving Einstein's field equations in the Newman-Penrose formalism

Cites Work

• On asymptotically flat spacetimes
• On algebraically special space-times with twisting rays
• A definition of asymptotically Minkowskian space–times
• A space-time calculus based on pairs of null directions
• Coordinate systems associated with asymptotically shear-free null congruences
• Behavior of Asymptotically Flat Empty Spaces
• Empty-Space Generalization of the Schwarzschild Metric

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