Mass-like invariants for asymptotically hyperbolic metrics. Part I: Classification

Abstract

In this article, we classify the set of asymptotic mass-like invariants for asymptotically hyperbolic metrics. It turns out that the standard mass is just one example among the two families of invariants we find. These invariants correspond to finite-dimensional representations of the group of isometries of hyperbolic space. We describe these invariants in terms of wave-harmonic polynomials and polynomial solutions of the linearized Einstein equations in Minkowski space.

68 pages, section on higher order invariants removed