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Hawkingmassa i Kerr-rumtid / The Hawking Mass in Kerr Spacetime

<p>In this thesis we calculate the Hawking mass numerically for surfaces in Kerr spacetime. The Hawking mass is a useful tool for proving the Penrose inequality and the result does not contradict the inequality. It also does not contradict the assumption that the Hawking mass should be monotonic for surfaces in Kerr spacetime. The Hawking mass is quasi-local and defined by the spin coefficents of Newman and Penrose, so first we give a discussion about quasi-local quantities and then a short description of the Newman-Penrose formalism.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:liu-2533
Date January 2004
CreatorsJonsson Holm, Jonas
PublisherLinköping University, Department of Mathematics, Matematiska institutionen
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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