Hawking Mass in Schwarzschild Spacetime

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The discussion revolves around the calculation of the Hawking mass in Schwarzschild spacetime, specifically addressing the mathematical formulation and the implications of the second fundamental form and mean curvature. Participants are exploring the relationship between the Hawking mass and the central mass M, as well as the proper normalization of the normal vector used in the calculations.

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  • Participants are attempting to derive the Hawking mass for a sphere in Schwarzschild spacetime and are questioning the correctness of their normal vector and the resulting calculations. There are discussions about the indices used in the second fundamental form and the normalization of the normal vector.

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Some participants have provided calculations and observations that suggest potential errors in the original poster's approach. There is an ongoing exploration of the mathematical expressions involved, with some participants indicating that changes to the definitions and calculations may lead to different results. However, no consensus has been reached regarding the correct value of the Hawking mass.

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Participants are working under the constraints of homework guidelines, which may limit the information available for the problem. There are also references to the need for proper normalization of vectors and the implications of using specific indices in calculations.

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Homework Statement



Metric signature: [itex]- + + +[/itex]

Schwarzschild metric:

[itex] dS^{2}=-(1-\frac{2M}{r})dt^{2}+(1-\frac{2M}{r})^{-1}dr^{2}+r^{2}d\theta^{2}+r^{2}(sin\theta)^{2}d\phi^{2}[/itex]

Second fundamental form:

[itex] h_{ij}=g_{kl}\Gamma^{k}_{ij}n^{l}[/itex]

where:

[itex]i=1,2[/itex]
[itex]j=1,2[/itex]
[itex]n^{l}=(0,1,0,0)=[/itex]normal vector

Mean curvature:

[itex] H=g^{ij}h_{ij}[/itex]

Hawking mass:

[itex] m_{H}(\Sigma)=\sqrt{\frac{Area \Sigma}{16\pi}}(1-\frac{1}{16\pi}\int_{\Sigma}{H^2}d\sigma)[/itex]

Homework Equations



1) Prove that in the Schwarzschild metric, the Hawking mass of any sphere [itex]S_{r}[/itex] about the central mass is equal to [itex]M[/itex].

2) How to find the normal vector [itex]n^{l}[/itex] (as shown above)?

The Attempt at a Solution



I have tried to find the Hawking mass but it's not equal to [itex]M[/itex]. Maybe it's because I used the wrong normal vector?
 
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darida said:
I have tried to find the Hawking mass but it's not equal to [itex]M[/itex]. Maybe it's because I used the wrong normal vector?
To find an error, it would be useful if you show what you did and what you got as result.
 
Here is what I did:

Second fundamental form:

[itex]h_{11}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{11}n^{0}+g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{11}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{11}n^{2}+g_{00}\Gamma^{3}_{11}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{11}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{11}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{11}=-\frac{M}{(r-2M)^{2}}[/itex]

[itex]h_{12}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{12}n^{0}+g_{12}\Gamma^{1}_{12}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{12}n^{2}+g_{00}\Gamma^{3}_{12}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{12}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{12}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{12}=0[/itex]

[itex]h_{21}=h_{12}=0[/itex]

[itex]h_{22}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{22}n^{0}+g_{12}\Gamma^{1}_{22}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{22}n^{2}+g_{00}\Gamma^{3}_{22}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{22}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{22}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{22}=-r[/itex]

Mean curvature:

[itex]H=g^{11}h_{11}+g^{12}h_{12}+g^{21}h_{21}+g^{22}h_{22}[/itex]
[itex]H=\frac{(M-r)}{r(r-2M)}[/itex]

[itex]H^2=(\frac{(M-r)}{r(r-2M)})^2[/itex]
[itex]H^2=\frac{M^{2}-2Mr+r^2}{(r^2)(r^{2}-4Mr+4M^{2}}[/itex]

Area:

[itex]S_{r}=\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]S_{r}=4 \pi r^{2}[/itex]

[itex]\frac{1}{6 \pi}\int_{S} H^{2} d \sigma[/itex]
[itex]=\frac{1}{6 \pi}\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} H^{2} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]=\frac{M^{2}-2Mr+r^2}{4 (4M^{2}-4Mr+r^2)}[/itex]

Hawking mass:

[itex]m_{H}(S_{r})=\sqrt{\frac{Area S_{r}}{16\pi}}(1-\frac{M^{2}-2Mr+r^2}{4 (4M^{2}-4Mr+r^2)})[/itex]
[itex]m_{H}(S_{r})=\sqrt{\frac{4 \pi r^{2}}{16\pi}}(1-\frac{M^{2}-2Mr+r^2}{4 (4M^{2}-4Mr+r^2)})[/itex]
[itex]m_{H}(S_{r})≠M[/itex] ?Why?
 
I am not familiar with Hawking mass. But I will just make a couple of observations.

You are considering a 2D spherical surface surrounding the mass M. The coordinates intrinsic to this surface are ##\theta## and ##\phi##. So I would think that in defining the second fundamental form for this surface that the indices ##i## and ##j## would take on values of 2 or 3 (instead of 1 or 2).

Also, I think you need to normalize the normal vector ##n^l##.

If I make these changes, I find that your expression for the Hawking mass reduces to M.
 
Well, I just did some calculation with those changes, but then [itex]m_{H}(S_{r})=0[/itex]:

Christoffel Symbols:

[itex]\Gamma^{0}_{01}=\Gamma^{0}_{10}=-\frac{M}{2Mr-r^{2}}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{00}=\frac{M(-2M+r)}{r^{3}}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{11}=\frac{M}{2Mr-r^{2}}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{22}=2M-r[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{33}=(2M-r)(sin \theta)^2[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{2}_{12}=\Gamma^{2}_{21}=\Gamma^{3}_{13}=\Gamma^{3}_{31}=\frac{1}{r}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{2}_{33}=-sin \theta cos \theta[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{3}_{23}=\Gamma^{3}_{32}=cot \theta[/itex]

Normalized Normal Vector:

[itex]\hat{n}^l=\frac{n^l}{|n^l|}=(0,1,0,0)=n^l[/itex]

Second fundamental form:

[itex]h_{22}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{22}n^{0}+g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{22}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{22}n^{2}+g_{33}\Gamma^{3}_{22}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{22}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{22}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{22}=-r[/itex]

[itex]h_{23}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{23}n^{0}+g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{23}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{23}n^{2}+g_{33}\Gamma^{3}_{23}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{23}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{23}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{23}=0[/itex]

[itex]h_{32}=h_{23}=0[/itex]

[itex]h_{33}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{33}n^{0}+g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{33}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{33}n^{2}+g_{33}\Gamma^{3}_{33}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{33}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{33}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{33}=-r[/itex]

Mean curvature:

[itex]H=g^{22}h_{22}+g^{23}h_{23}+g^{32}h_{32}+g^{33}h_{33}[/itex]
[itex]H=-\frac{2}{r}[/itex]

[itex]H^2=(-\frac{2}{r})^2[/itex]
[itex]H^2=\frac{4}{r^2}[/itex]

Area:

[itex]S_{r}=\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]S_{r}=4 \pi r^{2}[/itex]

[itex]\frac{1}{16 \pi}\int_{S} H^{2} d \sigma[/itex]
[itex]=\frac{1}{16 \pi}\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} H^{2} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]=H^{2}\frac{1}{16 \pi}\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]=H^{2}\frac{1}{16 \pi}4 \pi r^{2}[/itex]
[itex]=\frac{4}{r^2}\frac{1}{16 \pi}4 \pi r^{2}[/itex]
[itex]=1[/itex]

Hawking mass:

[itex]m_{H}(S_{r})=\sqrt{\frac{Area S_{r}}{16\pi}}(1-1)[/itex]
[itex]m_{H}(S_{r})=0[/itex]
 
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You need to use the metric to normalize ##n^l##. ##|n|^2 = g_{\mu\nu}n^\mu n^\nu##.

When finding ##h_{33}##, shouldn't there be a factor of ##sin^2\theta## that comes from ##\Gamma^1_{33}##? [Edit: The ##sin^2\theta## factor will later get canceled out by ##g^{33}## when calculating ##H##.]
 
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Oops sorry, for [itex]h_{33}[/itex] I made a typo and thank you I got the result now XD
 
Now with the same method I try to prove that the Hawking Mass in Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime is equal to [itex](M-\frac{q^2}{2r})[/itex], but the result I got doesn't agree with it.

Christoffel Symbols:

[itex]\Gamma^{0}_{01}=\Gamma^{0}_{10}=-\frac{q^{2}+Mr}{r(r^{2}-2Mr+q^{2})}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{00}=\frac{(Mr-q^2)(r^2-2Mr+q^2)}{r^5}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{11}=\frac{q^2-Mr}{r(r^2-2Mr+q^2 )}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{22}=-\frac{(r^2-2Mr+q^2 )}{r}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{1}_{33}=-\frac{(r^2-2Mr+q^2)sin^2⁡θ}{r}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{2}_{12}=\Gamma^{2}_{21}=\Gamma^{3}_{13}=\Gamma^{3}_{31}=\frac{1}{r}[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{2}_{33}=-sin \theta cos \theta[/itex]

[itex]\Gamma^{3}_{23}=\Gamma^{3}_{32}=cot \theta[/itex]

Normalized Normal Vector:

[itex]\hat{n}^l=\frac{n^l}{|n^l|}=\frac{(0,1,0,0)}{\frac{r^2}{r^2-2Mr+q^2}}[/itex]
[itex]\hat{n}^l=(0, \frac{r^2-2Mr+q^2}{r^2},0,0)[/itex]

Second fundamental form:

[itex]h_{22}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{22}n^{0}+g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{22}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{22}n^{2}+g_{33}\Gamma^{3}_{22}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{22}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{22}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{22}=-\frac{(r^2-2Mr+q^2)}{r}[/itex]

[itex]h_{23}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{23}n^{0}+g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{23}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{23}n^{2}+g_{33}\Gamma^{3}_{23}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{23}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{23}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{23}=0[/itex]

[itex]h_{32}=h_{23}=0[/itex]

[itex]h_{33}=g_{00}\Gamma^{0}_{33}n^{0}+g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{33}n^{1}+g_{22} \Gamma^{2}_{33}n^{2}+g_{33}\Gamma^{3}_{33}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]h_{33}=g_{11}\Gamma^{1}_{33}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]h_{33}=-\frac{(r^2-2Mr+q^2)sin^2⁡θ}{r}[/itex]

Mean curvature:

[itex]H=g^{22}h_{22}+g^{23}h_{23}+g^{32}h_{32}+g^{33}h_{33}[/itex]
[itex]H=-\frac{2(r^2-2Mr+q^2)}{r^3}[/itex]

[itex]H^2=(-\frac{2(r^2-2Mr+q^2)}{r^3})^2[/itex]
[itex]H^2=\frac{4(r^2-2Mr+q^2)(r^2-2Mr+q^2)}{r^6}[/itex]

Area:

[itex]S_{r}=\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]S_{r}=4 \pi r^{2}[/itex]

[itex]\frac{1}{16 \pi}\int_{S} H^{2} d \sigma[/itex]
[itex]=\frac{1}{16 \pi}\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} H^{2} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]=H^{2}\frac{1}{16 \pi}\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{\pi}_{0} r^{2} sin\theta d\theta d\phi[/itex]
[itex]=H^{2}\frac{1}{16 \pi}4 \pi r^{2}[/itex]
[itex]=\frac{(r^2-2Mr+q^2)(r^2-2Mr+q^2)}{r^4}[/itex]

Hawking mass:

[itex]m_{H}(S_{r})=\sqrt{\frac{Area S_{r}}{16\pi}}(1-\frac{(r^2-2Mr+q^2)(r^2-2Mr+q^2)}{r^4})[/itex]
[itex]m_{H}(S_{r})=M-\frac{q^4}{2r^3}[/itex]
 
darida said:
Now with the same method I try to prove that the Hawking Mass in Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime is equal to [itex](M-\frac{q^2}{2r})[/itex], but the result I got doesn't agree with it.


Normalized Normal Vector:

[itex]\hat{n}^l=\frac{n^l}{|n^l|}=\frac{(0,1,0,0)}{\frac{r^2}{r^2-2Mr+q^2}}[/itex]
[itex]\hat{n}^l=(0, \frac{r^2-2Mr+q^2}{r^2},0,0)[/itex]

Check the normalization factor. ##g_{\mu \nu}n^\mu n^\nu## gives the square of the norm.
 
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I've checked it:

[itex]|n^l|=g_{μ\nu}n^{μ}n^{\nu}[/itex]
[itex]|n^l|=g_{00}n^{0}n^{0}+g_{11}n^{1}n^{1}+g_{22}n^{2}n^{2}+g_{33}n^{3}n^{3}[/itex]
[itex]|n^l|=0+g_{11}n^{1}n^{1}+0+0[/itex]
[itex]|n^l|=g_{11}n^{1}n^{1}[/itex]
[itex]|n^l|=\frac{r^2}{r^2-2Mr+q^2}(1)(1)[/itex]
[itex]|n^l|=\frac{r^2}{r^2-2Mr+q^2}[/itex]
 
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You calculated ##|n|^2##, not ##|n|##.
 
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Ahh thank you so much, now I get it!
 

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