Zero Energy Configurations in General Relativity

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dc.creatorHsu, Stephen D. H.
dc.date1998-01-29
dc.date1998-01-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:32:12Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:32:12Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate the ratio of gravitational binding energy to rest mass in general relativity. For N pointlike masses, an upper bound on the magnitude of this ratio can be derived using the second law of black hole dynamics. Only as N approaches infinity can it approach one. A configuration that saturates the $N = \infty$ bound is a thin spherical shell as its radius is taken to zero. This system provides, in principle, a perfectly efficient mechanism for converting rest mass into energy. We mention possible implications for the black hole information problem.
dc.description5 pages, LaTeX
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9801106
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9801106
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36142
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleZero Energy Configurations in General Relativity
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