Optimal choices of reference for a quasi-local energy

DOI10.1016/j.physleta.2010.07.004zbMath1238.83011arXiv0909.2754MaRDI QIDQ420437

James M. Nester, Ming-Fan Wu, Jian-Liang Liu, Chiang-Mei Chen

Publication date: 22 May 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.2754

zbMATH Keywords

covariant Hamiltonian; Hamiltonian boundary term; quasi-local energy; reference spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83C20: Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory

70S05: Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems

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Quasi-local energy-momentum and angular momentum in general relativity, Quasi-local energy for spherically symmetric spacetimes, Gravitational energy for GR and Poincaré gauge theories: A covariant Hamiltonian approach

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