The covariant characterization of the existence of gravitational radiation traversing infinity $𝒥$ in the presence of a negative cosmological constant is presented. It is coherent and consistent with the previous characterizations put forward for the cases of non-negative cosmological constant, relying on the properties of the asymptotic super-Poynting vector, or in more transparent terms, based on the intrinsic properties of the flux of tidal energy at infinity. The proposed characterization is fully satisfactory. It can be covariantly typified in terms of boundary data at infinity, and it can also be categorized according to the geometric properties of the rescaled Weyl tensor at $𝒥$. The cases with no incoming radiation entering from (or no outgoing radiation escaping at) $𝒥$ can similarly be determined in terms of the boundary data or geometric properties of the rescaled Weyl tensor. In particular, we identify the most general boundary conditions that, in an initial-boundary value problem, ensure absence of gravitational radiation traversing $𝒥$, namely, (functional) proportionality between the Cotton-York tensor field and the holographic stress tensor field at $𝒥$. We also present novel conditions ensuring the absence of just incoming (outgoing) radiation at $𝒥$. These are given in a covariant way and also in terms of standard rescaled Weyl tensor scalars. The results are compatible with any matter content of the physical spacetime.

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• General relativity
• General relativity formalism
• Gravitational waves