Asymptotically flat space-times have no conformal Killing fields

DOI10.1063/1.527805MaRDI QIDQ4721182zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David Garfinkle

Publication date 1987

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527805

zbMATH Keywords

Killing fieldWeyl tensorgroups of motionsasymptotically flat spacesBondi energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40)

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