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Komar mass: a standalone construct

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Gravitational physics

conserved mass of a stationary spacetime defined as a surface integral built from its timelike Killing vector.

In gravitational physics, Komar mass refers to conserved mass of a stationary spacetime defined as a surface integral built from its timelike Killing vector. This meaning comes from Komar (1959) in Physical Review.[1]

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References

Komar, A. (1959). Covariant Conservation Laws in General Relativity. Physical Review, 113(3), 934-936. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.113.934

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