A new look at the Bondi-Sachs energy-momentum

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC3E4FzbMATH Open1510.83016arXiv2104.13646MaRDI QIDQ6366334FDOQ6366334

J. Frauendiener, Chris J. Stevens

Publication date: 28 April 2021

Abstract: How does one compute the Bondi mass on an arbitrary cut of null infinity $scri$ when it is not presented in a Bondi system? What then is the correct definition of the mass aspect? How does one normalise an asymptotic translation computed on a cut which is not equipped with the unit-sphere metric? These are questions which need to be answered if one wants to calculate the Bondi-Sachs energy-momentum for a space-time which has been determined numerically. Under such conditions there is not much control over the presentation of $scri$ so that most of the available formulations of the Bondi energy-momentum simply do not apply. The purpose of this article is to provide the necessary background for a manifestly conformally invariant and gauge independent formulation of the Bondi energy-momentum. To this end we introduce a conformally invariant version of the GHP formalism to rephrase all the well-known formulae. This leads us to natural definitions for the space of asymptotic translations with its Lorentzian metric, for the Bondi news and the mass-aspect. A major role in these developments is played by the "co-curvature", a naturally appearing quantity closely related to the Gau{ss} curvature on a cut of~$scri$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Translation planes and spreads in linear incidence geometry (51A40) 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) Conformal structures on manifolds (53C18)

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