Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy (source code)

= Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy
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The Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy is the asymptotic surface charge generating time translations on an asymptotically flat spatial hypersurface. In asymptotically Cartesian coordinates,
$$
E_{ADM}=\frac1{16\pi}\lim_{r\to\infty}\int_{S_r^2}n^i(\partial_jh_{ij}-\partial_ih_{jj})\,dA.
$$

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