Is the Hawking quasilocal energy ``Newtonian?

DOI10.3390/SYM7042038MaRDI QIDQ2406259zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Valerio Faraoni

Publication date 27 September 2017

Published in Symmetry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03789

zbMATH Keywords

classical general relativityHawking massMisner-Sharp-Hernandezquasilocal energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40)

Abstract: The Misner-Sharp-Hernandez mass defined in general relativity and in spherical symmetry has been recognized as having a Newtonian character in previous literature. In order to better understand this aspect we relax spherical symmetry and we study the generalization of the Misner-Sharp-Hernandez mass to general spacetimes, i.e., the Hawking quasilocal mass. The latter is decomposed into a matter and a pure Weyl contribution. The decomposition of the Weyl tensor into an electric part (which has a Newtonian counterpart) and a magnetic one (which does not) further splits the quasilocal mass into "Newtonian" and "non-Newtonian" parts. It is found that only the electric (Newtonian) part contributes.

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Summary: The Misner-Sharp-Hernandez mass defined in general relativity and in spherical symmetry has been recognized as having a Newtonian character in previous literature. In order to better understand this feature we relax spherical symmetry and we study the generalization of the Misner-Sharp-Hernandez mass to general spacetimes, i.e., the Hawking quasilocal mass. The latter is decomposed into a matter contribution and a contribution coming solely from the Weyl tensor. The Weyl tensor is then decomposed into an electric part (which has a Newtonian counterpart) and a magnetic one (which does not), which further splits the quasilocal mass into ``Newtonian and ``non-Newtonian parts. Only the electric (Newtonian) part contributes to the quasilocal mass.

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