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Mass for the large and for the small
December 3, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
General Relativity Seminar
Speaker: Tin Yau Tsang, Courant Institute, New York University
Title: Mass for the large and for the small
Abstract: Seeking a meaningful geometric (physical) invariant to describe a spacetime has sparked research in both mathematics and physics. In this talk, we will first see the fundamental progress made by Schoen-Yau and Witten on ADM (Arnowitt-Deser-Misner) mass. Then, we will see the progress on quasilocal masses in recent years. In particular, we would discuss the Hamiltonian formulation and the behaviour of quasilocal masses with the presence of apparent horizons.