Year: 1963
Type: article
Abstract: A new technique for studying asymptotic questions in general relativity is presented. Points at infinity are introduced which constitute a null hypersurface boundary to space-time. This is studied from the point of view of its conformal structure and some new light is shed on the following questions: (1) asymptotic flatness, (2) gravitational radiation fields, (3) peeling off property of the Riemann tensor, (4) total energy-momentum with integral conservation laws, (5) characteristic initial value problem and (6) Bondi-Metzner-Sachs asymptotic symmetry group. (Author)
Source: Physical Review Letters
Author: Roger Penrose
Institution: King's College London
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2110401514