Hawking–Hayward quasi-local energy under conformal transformations. (20th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prain, Angus; Vitagliano, Vincenzo; Faraoni, Valerio; Lapierre-Léonard, Marianne
• Is Part Of: Classical and quantum gravity. Volume 33:Number 14(2016:Jul.)
• Publication Date: 2016-06-20
• Subjects: quasi-local energy -- conformal transformations -- black holes; 04.70.-s -- 04.70.Bw -- 04.50.+h; Quantum gravity -- Periodicals; Gravitation -- Periodicals; Relativity (Physics) -- Periodicals; Space and time -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 521.1
• DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/33/14/145008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-9381

Abstract

Abstract: We derive a formula describing the transformation of the Hawking–Hayward quasi-local energy under a conformal rescaling of the spacetime metric. A known formula for the transformation of the Misner–Sharp–Hernandez mass is recovered as a special case.