A New Quasi-local Mass and Positivity

We use an idea of Wang and Yau to give a new definition of quasi-local mass for a topological sphere in an initial date set. The new definition modifies Brown-York's definition by using certain spinor norm as lapse function. And it requires mean curvature of the topological sphere satisfies apparent horizon conditions, the topological sphere can be isometrically into Euclidean 3-space and mean curvature of the initial date set does not change sign. The positivity holds if we further assume the image of the topological sphere in Euclidean 3-space has nonnegative mean curvature.Comment: 13 pages, final version, the limiting case in Theorem 1 corrected, remark 1 and new references added, Acta Mathematica Sinica (English Series), to appea

On the relation between ADM and Bondi energy-momenta

When a spacetime takes Bondi radiating metric, and is vacuum and asymptotically flat at spatial infinity which ensures the positive mass theorem, we prove that the standard ADM energy-momentum is the past limit of the Bondi energy-momentum. We also derive a formula relating the ADM energy-momentum of any asymptotically flat spacelike hypersurface to the Bondi energy-momentum of any null hypersurface. The formula indicates that the Bondi mass is always less than the ADM total energy if the system has {\it news}. The assumed asymptotic flatness precludes gravitational radiation. We therefore study further the relation between the ADM total energy and the Bondi mass when gravitational radiation emits. We find that in this case the ADM total energy is no longer the past limit of the Bondi mass. They differ by certain quantity relating to the {\it news} of the system.Comment: 21 pages, final versio