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Foliations by Stable Spheres with Constant Mean Curvature for Isolated Systems with General Asymptotics

Differential Geometry 2010-05-06 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We prove the existence and uniqueness of constant mean curvature foliations for initial data sets which are asymptotically flat satisfying the Regge-Teitelboim condition near infinity. It is known that the (Hamiltonian) center of mass is well-defined for manifolds satisfying this condition. We also show that the foliation is asymptotically concentric, and its geometric center is the center of mass. The construction of the foliation generalizes the results of Huisken-Yau, Ye, and Metzger, where strongly asymptotically flat manifolds and their small perturbations were studied.

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@article{arxiv.0810.5086,
  title  = {Foliations by Stable Spheres with Constant Mean Curvature for Isolated Systems with General Asymptotics},
  author = {Lan-Hsuan Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5086},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

45 pages. Some revisions in exposition and typos corrected; to appear in Comm. Math. Phys.