Published May 7, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

A poor man's positive energy theorem

  • 1. Departement de Mathematiques, Faculte des Sciences, Parc de Grandmont, F37200 Tours (France)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 33124 (United States)

Description

We show that positivity of energy for stationary, asymptotically flat, non-singular domains of outer communications is a simple corollary of the Lorentzian splitting theorem. (letter to the editor)

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/L59/cqg4_9_l01.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. L59-L63
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35083359
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ENERGY; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SINGULARITY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES