An unique alternative non-negative gravitational energy tensor to the Bel-Robinson tensor in the quasilocal small sphere limit

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Abstract

The Bel-Robinson tensor BαβμνB_{αβμν} gives a positive definite gravitational energy in the quasilocal small sphere limit approximation. However, there is an alternative tensor VαβμνV_{αβμν} that was proposed recently that offers the same positivity as BαβμνB_{αβμν} does. We have found that VαβμνV_{αβμν} is the unique alternative tensor with BαβμνB_{αβμν} which implies that these two tensors are a basis for expressions that have the desirable non-negative gravitational energy in the small sphere limit. In other words, the `energy-momentum' density according to BαβμνB_{αβμν} and VαβμνV_{αβμν} are on equal footing at the same limit.

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