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In this short paper, we review recent progress on the positive mass theorem for spacelike hypersurfaces which approach to null infinity in asymptotically flat spacetimes. We use it to prove, if the functions $c(u, \theta, \psi)$, $d(u,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Xiao Zhang

In this short note we explain how one can use established results to prove various versions of the positive mass theorem for initial data sets with boundary, in dimensions less than 8.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-11 Gregory J. Galloway , Dan A. Lee

We study time symmetric initial data for asymptotically AdS spacetimes with conformal boundary containing a spatial circle. Such $d$-dimensional initial data sets can contain $(d-2)$-dimensional minimal surfaces if the circle is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-17 Gary T. Horowitz , Diandian Wang , Xiaohua Ye

We prove the spacetime Penrose inequality for asymptotically flat $2(n+1)$-dimensional initial data sets for the Einstein equations, which are invariant under a cohomogeneity one action of $\mathrm{SU}(n+1)$. Analogous results are obtained…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Marcus Khuri , Hari Kunduri

We extend the validity of Brill's axisymmetric positive energy theorem to all asymptotically flat initial data sets with positive scalar curvature on simply connected manifolds.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Piotr T. Chrusciel

On a smooth asymptotically flat Riemannian manifold with non-compact boundary, we prove a positive mass theorem for metrics which are only continuous across a compact hypersurface. As an application, we obtain a positive mass theorem on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Sergio Almaraz , Shaodong Wang

Motivated by the recent progress on positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds with arbitrary ends and the Gromov's definition of scalar curvature lower bound for continuous metrics, we start a program on the positive mass…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Jianchun Chu , Man-Chun Lee , Jintian Zhu

In this paper, we want to prove positive mass theorems for ALF and ALG manifolds with model spaces $\mathbb R^{n-1}\times \mathbb S^1$ and $\mathbb R^{n-2}\times \mathbb T^2$ respectively in dimensions no greater than $7$ (Theorem…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-24 Peng Liu , Yuguang Shi , Jintian Zhu

We consider a broad class of asymptotically flat, maximal initial data sets satisfying the vacuum constraint equations, admitting two commuting rotational symmetries. We construct a mass functional for `$t-\phi^i$' symmetric data which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Aghil Alaee , Hari K. Kunduri

We study the stability of the Positive Mass Theorem using the Intrinsic Flat Distance. In particular we consider the class of complete asymptotically flat rotationally symmetric Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and no…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Dan A. Lee , Christina Sormani

In this paper we argue that classical, asymptotically AdS spacetimes that arise as states in consistent ultraviolet completions of Einstein gravity coupled to matter must satisfy an infinite family of positive energy conditions. To each…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-28 Nima Lashkari , Jennifer Lin , Hirosi Ooguri , Bogdan Stoica , Mark Van Raamsdonk

A new inequality for a nonlinear surface layer integral is proved for minimizers of causal variational principles. This inequality is applied to obtain a new proof of the positive mass theorem with volume constraint. Next, a positive mass…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-03 Felix Finster , Niky Kamran

We show that the borderline cases in the proof of the positive energy theorem for initial data sets, on spin manifolds, in dimensions $n\ge 3$, are only possible for initial data arising from embeddings in Minkowski space-time.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Piotr T. Chrusciel , Daniel Maerten

We prove two theorems, announced in hep-th/0108170, for static spacetimes that solve Einstein's equation with negative cosmological constant. The first is a general structure theorem for spacetimes obeying a certain convexity condition near…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 G. J. Galloway , S. Surya , E. Woolgar

We derive the Space-Time Positive Mass theorem in arbitrary dimensions, without topological constraints. The main new tools are skin structures and surgeries on minimal and marginally outer trapped hypersurfaces.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-01-11 J. Lohkamp

We extend the positive mass theorem proved previously by the author to the Lorentzian setting. This includes the original higher dimensional positive energy theorem whose spinor proof was given by Witten in dimension four and by Xiao Zhang…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Xianzhe Dai

In 1981, Schoen-Yau and Witten showed that in General Relativity both the total energy $E$ and the total mass $m$ of an initial data set modeling an isolated gravitational system are non-negative. Moreover, if $E=0$, the initial data set…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-24 Sven Hirsch , Yiyue Zhang

We establish mass lower bounds of Penrose-type in the setting of $3$-dimensional initial data sets for the Einstein equations satisfying the dominant energy condition, which are either asymptotically flat or asymptotically hyperboloidal.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-16 Brian Allen , Edward Bryden , Demetre Kazaras , Marcus Khuri

We define spacetimes that are asymptotically flat, except for a deficit solid angle $\alpha$, and present a definition of their ``ADM'' mass, which is finite for this class of spacetimes, and, in particular, coincides with the value of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Ulises Nucamendi , Daniel Sudarsky

We formulate and prove the Lorentzian version of the positive mass theorems with arbitrary negative cosmological constant for asymptotically AdS spacetimes. This work is the continuation of the second author's recent work on the positive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-11-26 Naqing Xie , Xiao Zhang