A Hamiltonian interpretation of Penrose's quasi-local mass

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/6/2/001zbMath0667.53051OpenAlexW2072433476MaRDI QIDQ3819668

Lionel J. Mason

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/6/2/001

zbMATH Keywords

HamiltoniansKilling vector fieldsPenrose's angular momentum twistor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) 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)

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