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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Predicate Object
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