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We summarize results on the Penrose inequality bounding the ADM-mass or the Bondi mass in terms of the area of an outermost apparent horizon for asymptotically flat initial data of Einstein's equations. We first recall the proof, due to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Edward Malec , Marc Mars , Walter Simon

Utilizing the covariant formulation of Penrose's plane wave limit by Blau et~al., we construct for any semi-Riemannian metric $g$ a family of "plane wave limits." These limits are taken along any geodesic of $g$, yield simpler metrics of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Amir Babak Aazami

We revisit the classification of Lorentz homogeneous spaces of dimension $3$, and relax usual completeness assumptions. In particular, non-unimodular elliptic plane waves, and only them, are neither locally symmetric nor locally isometric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-31 Souheib Allout , Abderrahmane Belkacem , Abdelghani Zeghib

In the Penrose limit, AdS*S space turns into a Cahen-Wallach (CW) space whose Killing vectors satisfy a Heisenberg algebra. This algebra is mapped onto the holographic screen on the boundary of AdS. I show that the Heisenberg algebra on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 George Siopsis

Plane waves are a special class of Lorentzian spaces with a parallel null vector field. They are of great importance in Geometry (e.g. Lorentzian holonomy) and in Physics (General Relativity as well as alternative gravity theories). Our…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Malek Hanounah , Lilia Mehidi , Abdelghani Zeghib

We establish the spacetime Penrose inequality in spherical symmetry in spacetime dimensions $n+1\geq3$ with charge and cosmological constant from the initial data perspective. We also show that this result extends to the Gauss-Bonnet theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-20 Hari K. Kunduri , Juan Margalef-Bentabol , Sarah Muth

We study locally conformally homogeneous Lorentzian manifolds of dimension at least $3$, admitting an essential pseudo-group of local conformal transformations. Generalizing a recent result of Alekseevsky and Galaev, we show that any such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Thomas Leistner , Lilia Mehidi , Abdelghani Zeghib

In axially symmetric spacetimes the Penrose inequality can be strengthened to include angular momentum. We prove a version of this inequality for minimal surfaces, more precisely, a lower bound for the ADM mass in terms of the area of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-26 Pablo Anglada

The asymptotic behaviour of the components of the Weyl tensor and of the energy-momentum tensor in the Penrose limit is determined. In both cases a peeling-off property is found. Examples of different types of matter are provided. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Kerstin E. Kunze

We consider versions of the Penrose singularity theorem and the Hawking horizon topology theorem in weighted spacetimes that contain weighted versions of trapped surfaces, for arbitrary spacetime dimension and synthetic dimension. We find…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-03 Eric Ling , Argam Ohanyan , Eric Woolgar

We classify generalized Wallach spaces which are g.o. spaces. We also investigate homogeneous geodesics in generalized Wallach spaces for any given invariant Riemannian metric and we give some examples.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Andreas Arvanitoyeorgos , Yu Wang

The conformal flow of metrics [2] has been used to successfully establish a special case of the Penrose inequality, which yields a lower bound for the total mass of a spacetime in terms of horizon area. Here we show how to adapt the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-28 Qing Han , Marcus Khuri

The recent holographic deduction of Penrose inequality only assumes null energy condition while the weak or dominant energy condition is required in usual geometric proof. This paper makes a step toward filling up gap between these two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-01 Zi-Qing Xiao , Run-Qiu Yang

We consider the stability of spatially homogeneous plane-wave spacetimes. We carry out a full analysis for plane-wave spacetimes in (4+1) dimensions, and find there are two cases to consider; what we call non-exceptional and exceptional. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Sigbjorn Hervik , Hari K. Kunduri , James Lucietti

For asymptotically flat spacetimes the Penrose inequality gives an initial data test for the weak cosmic censorship hypothesis. We give a formulation of this inequality for asymptotically anti-deSitter (AAdS) spacetimes, and show that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-06 Viqar Husain , Suprit Singh

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

In this paper, we study geodesics and geodesic vectors for homogeneous exponential Finsler space and homogeneous infinite series Finsler space. Further, we find necessary and sufficient condition for a non-zero vector in these homogeneous…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-02 Gauree Shanker , Kirandeep Kaur

All spaces are assumed to be separable and metrizable. We show that, assuming the Axiom of Determinacy, every zero-dimensional homogeneous space is strongly homogeneous (that is, all its non-empty clopen subspaces are homeomorphic), with…

General Topology · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Raphaël Carroy , Andrea Medini , Sandra Müller

Motivated by the search for potentially exactly solvable time-dependent string backgrounds, we determine all homogeneous plane wave (HPW) metrics in any dimension and find one family of HPWs with geodesically complete metrics and another…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 Matthias Blau , Martin O'Loughlin

Spacetimes admitting appropriate spatial homothetic Killing vectors are called spatially homothetic spacetimes. Such spacetimes conform to the fact that gravity has no length-scale for matter inhomogeneities. The matter density for such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Sanjay M. Wagh