Bondi mass

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Bondi mass is a concept in general relativity that measures the total mass-energy of an isolated system as observed from null infinity, accounting for energy carried away by gravitational radiation.

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Bondi mass canonical 2
Bondi mass loss formula 1

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instanceOf concept in general relativity
mass–energy measure
physical quantity
accountsFor energy carried away by gravitational radiation
appliesTo asymptotically flat spacetimes
associatedWith BMS symmetry
Bondi–Metzner–Sachs group
category asymptotic invariants in gravitation
conserved quantities in relativity
mass in general relativity
contrastsWith ADM mass defined at spatial infinity
definedAt future null infinity
null infinity
definedUsing Bondi–Sachs coordinates
linked to: Bondi coordinates

asymptotic symmetry at null infinity
metric expansion near null infinity
dependsOn Bondi news tensor
asymptotic behavior of the metric
field general relativity
hasDimension mass
hasPhysicalInterpretation mass measured by distant observers along outgoing null directions
hasProperty conserved in absence of gravitational radiation
decreases due to emission of gravitational waves
introducedBy A. W. K. Metzner
Hermann Bondi
M. G. J. van der Burg
introducedInContextOf gravitational radiation
massLossRateProportionalTo square of Bondi news
mathematicallyExpressedAs surface integral over cuts of null infinity
measures total mass–energy of an isolated system
namedAfter Hermann Bondi
relatedTo ADM mass
linked to: ADM

Bondi news function
Bondi–Sachs formalism
Komar mass
relevantFor asymptotic analysis of gravitational fields
binary inspirals emitting gravitational waves
satisfies Bondi mass loss formula
linked to: Bondi mass
unit energy units via E = mc^2
kilogram
usedFor characterizing gravitational wave emission
defining mass at null infinity
describing energy loss by isolated systems
yearProposed 1962

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Hermann Bondi notableWork Bondi mass
positive mass theorem concerns Bondi mass
Bondi mass satisfies Bondi mass loss formula
linked to: Bondi mass