Positive gravitational energy in arbitrary dimensions

DOI10.1016/J.CRMA.2011.07.017MaRDI QIDQ639637zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Y. Choquet-Bruhat

Publication date 22 September 2011

Published in Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4283

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

Abstract: We present a streamlined, complete proof, valid in arbitrary space dimension $n$, and using only spinors on the oriented Riemannian space $(M^n;g),$ of the positive energy theorem in General Relativity.

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