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We prove the spacetime positive mass theorem in dimensions less than eight. This theorem states that for any asymptotically flat initial data set satisfying the dominant energy condition, the ADM energy-momentum vector $(E,P)$ of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-24 Michael Eichmair , Lan-Hsuan Huang , Dan A. Lee , Richard Schoen

The rigidity statement of the positive mass theorem asserts that an asymptotically flat initial data set for the Einstein equations with zero ADM mass, and satisfying the dominant energy condition, must arise from an embedding into…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Edward Bryden , Marcus Khuri , Christina Sormani

We provide a new proof of the equality case of the spacetime positive mass theorem, which states that if a complete asymptotically flat initial data set $(M, g, k)$ satisfying the dominant energy condition has null ADM energy-momentum (that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Lan-Hsuan Huang , Dan A. Lee

We generalize the spacetime positive mass theorem to include multiple time dimensions. In particular, we show that the mass remains nonnegative in the sense that the energy $E$ is bounded from below by the trace norm of the linear momenta…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-10 Sven Hirsch , Alec Payne , Yiyue Zhang

We prove a harmonic asymptotics density theorem for asymptotically flat initial data sets with compact boundary that satisfy the dominant energy condition. We use this to settle the spacetime positive mass theorem, with rigidity, for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-14 Dan A. Lee , Martin Lesourd , Ryan Unger

The Positive Mass Conjecture states that any complete asymptotically flat manifold of nonnnegative scalar curvature has nonnegative mass. Moreover, the equality case of the Positive Mass Conjecture states that in the above situation, if the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dan A. Lee

We show a spacetime positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat initial data sets with a noncompact boundary. We develop a mass type invariant and a boundary dominant energy condition. Our proof is based on spinors.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Xiaoxiang Chai

We establish a spacetime positive mass theorem and rigidity statement for asymptotically flat spin initial data sets with a codimension one singularity controlled by a matching Bartnik data condition involving spacetime rotations, and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Demetre Kazaras , Marcus Khuri , Michael Lin

There exists in General Relativity an unambiguous notion of Mass associated to asymptotically flat spacetimes known as the ADM mass. The standard expression for the same is a surface integral over spatial infinity of a linear combination of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-03 Vasudev Shyam

In this paper, we define an energy-momentum vector at the spatial infinity of either asymptotically flat or asymptotically hyperbolic initial data sets carrying a non-compact boundary. Under suitable dominant energy conditions (DECs)…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-11 Sergio Almaraz , Levi Lopes de Lima , Luciano Mari

Let $\mathcal{E}$ be an asymptotically Euclidean end in an otherwise arbitrary complete and connected Riemannian spin manifold $(M,g)$. We show that if $\mathcal{E}$ has negative ADM-mass, then there exists a constant $R > 0$, depending…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Simone Cecchini , Rudolf Zeidler

We give a lower bound for the Lorentz length of the ADM energy-momentum vector (ADM mass) of 3-dimensional asymptotically flat initial data sets for the Einstein equations. The bound is given in terms of linear growth `spacetime harmonic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Sven Hirsch , Demetre Kazaras , Marcus Khuri

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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Simone Cecchini , Martin Lesourd , Rudolf Zeidler

Building upon dimension reduction techniques in the study of positive scalar curvature (PSC) geometry, we prove an effective version of the positive mass theorem (PMT) for asymptotically flat (AF) manifolds of dimension $n\leq 8$ with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Shihang He , Yuguang Shi , Haobin Yu

In this article, we give a proof for positive mass theorem of asymptotically flat manifolds with arbitrary ends when the dimension is no greater than seven. As an application, we also show a positive mass theorem for asymptotically locally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Jintian Zhu

The rigidity of the spacetime positive mass theorem states that an initial data set $(M,g,k)$ satisfying the dominant energy condition with vanishing mass can be isometrically embedded into Minkowski space. This has been established by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-05 Sven Hirsch , Yiyue Zhang

We show that gravitational energy expression simplifies when a new set of coordinates that satisfies a certain asymptotic gauge condition is used. Compared to the ADM formula, positivity of the energy is more transparent in this new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-14 Ozgur Sarioglu , Bayram Tekin

For a given admissible vector field $X$, we define a geometric quantity for asymptotically flat $3$--manifolds, called $X$--ADM mass and we establish a relative positive mass theorem via a monotonicity formula along the level sets of a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Carlo Mantegazza , Francesca Oronzio

For complete spin initial data sets with an asymptotically anti--de Sitter end, we introduce a charged energy--momentum defined as a linear functional arising from the Einstein--Maxwell constraints. Under a dominant energy condition adapted…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Simon Raulot

We prove that the positive mass theorem applies to Lipschitz metrics as long as the singular set is low-dimensional, with no other conditions on the singular set. More precisely, let $g$ be an asymptotically flat Lipschitz metric on a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-01 Dan A. Lee
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