"Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: The necessity of such a boundary term was first realised by James W. York and later refined in a minor way by Gary Gibbons and Stephen Hawking. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term
  1. (physics) In general relativity, a term that needs to be added to the Einstein-Hilbert action when the underlying spacetime manifold has a boundary. Wikipedia link: Gary Gibbons, Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term, James W. York, Stephen Hawking Categories (topical): Physics
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