A new proof of the positive energy theorem
Abstract
A new proof is given of the positive energy theorem of classical general relativity. Also, a new proof is given that there are no asymptotically Euclidean gravitational instantons. (These theorems have been proved previously, by a different method, by Schoen and Yau.) The relevance of these results to the stability of Minkowski space is discussed.
- Publication:
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Communications in Mathematical Physics
- Pub Date:
- September 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF01208277
- Bibcode:
- 1981CMaPh..80..381W