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Positive mass theorems for spin initial data sets with arbitrary ends and dominant energy shields
- Source :
- Int. Math. Res. Not. IMRN 2024.9 (2024), pp. 7870-7890
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- We prove a positive mass theorem for spin initial data sets $(M,g,k)$ that contain an asymptotically flat end and a shield of dominant energy (a subset of $M$ on which the dominant energy scalar $\mu-|J|$ has a positive lower bound). In a similar vein, we show that for an asymptotically flat end $\mathcal{E}$ that violates the positive mass theorem (i.e. $\mathrm{E} < |\mathrm{P}|$), there exists a constant $R>0$, depending only on $\mathcal{E}$, such that any initial data set containing $\mathcal{E}$ must violate the hypotheses of Witten's proof of the positive mass theorem in an $R$-neighborhood of $\mathcal{E}$. This implies the positive mass theorem for spin initial data sets with arbitrary ends, and we also prove a rigidity statement. Our proofs are based on a modification of Witten's approach to the positive mass theorem involving an additional independent timelike direction in the spinor bundle.<br />Comment: 18 pages
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Int. Math. Res. Not. IMRN 2024.9 (2024), pp. 7870-7890
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2307.05277
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/imrn/rnad315