Study shows formation of Kerr black holes with complete apparent horizons and proves Penrose inequalities.
problem Formation of Kerr black holes and Penrose inequalities.
method Combining gravitational-collapse and Kerr stability results with new coordinate changes and elliptic arguments.
result Proves dynamical and spacetime Penrose inequalities in black hole formation spacetimes.
We directly connect topological changes that can occur in mathematical three-space via surgery, with black hole formation, the formation of wormholes and new generalizations of these phenomena. This work widens the bridge between topology and natural sciences and creates a new platform for exploring geometrical physics…
Researchers create black holes isometric to extremal Reissner-Nordström.
problem Third law of black hole thermodynamics.
method Novel Ck characteristic gluing procedure and scalar field pulses. result Definitive disproof of the third law of black hole thermodynamics.
The paper proves extremal black holes form at a critical point of gravitational collapse.
problem Formation of extremal black holes in gravitational collapse.
method Constructing smooth families of spherically symmetric solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell-Vlasov system.
result Extremal Reissner-Nordström black holes form at the critical collapse threshold.
New data shows multiple black holes can form from modified vacuum data.
problem Formation of multiple black holes from modified vacuum data.
method Modified Brill-Lindquist metric, short-pulse framework, stability analysis, gluing method.
result Formation of multiple black holes in finite time under weak cosmic censorship.
We present a general sufficient condition for the formation of black holes due to concentration of angular momentum. This is expressed in the form of a universal inequality, relating the size and angular momentum of bodies, and is proven in the context of axisymmetric initial data sets for the Einstein equations which …
Constructs initial data for multiple black holes with specified ADM parameters.
problem Forming multiple black holes with specific ADM parameters.
method Smooth, asymptotically flat vacuum initial data with prescribed ADM energy, momentum, and angular momentum.
result Maximal development of data results in spacetimes containing multiple black holes.
A universal geometric inequality for bodies relating energy, size, angular momentum, and charge is naturally implied by Bekenstein's entropy bounds. We establish versions of this inequality for axisymmetric bodies satisfying appropriate energy conditions, thus lending credence to the most general form of Bekenstein's b…
We directly connect topological changes that can occur in mathematical three-space via surgery, with black hole formation, the formation of wormholes and new generalizations of these phenomena. This work widens the bridge between topology and natural sciences and creates a new platform for exploring geometrical physics…
A universal inequality that bounds the charge of a body by its size is presented, and is proven as a consequence of the Einstein equations in the context of initial data sets which satisfy an appropriate energy condition. We also present a general sufficient condition for the formation of black holes due to concentrati…
Study shows instability of naked singularities in scalar field models.
problem Stability of naked singularities in spherically symmetric Einstein-Scalar field systems.
method Analysis of a family of incoming null cones becoming increasingly singular.
result Naked singularities are unstable to black hole formation under certain perturbations.
The article discusses new horizons in black hole physics.
problem Conceptual limitations of event horizons in black hole studies.
method Use of quasi-local horizons to generalize mechanics of black holes.
result Laws governing quasi-local horizons generalize those for event horizons.
Researchers create initial data for multiple collapsing boson stars.
problem Forming multiple trapped surfaces in spacetime.
method Constructed Cauchy initial data for EMKG system.
result Multiple trapped surfaces form in finite time.
Study shows no closed trapped submanifolds can be tangent to certain spacelike hypersurfaces.
problem Existence of closed trapped submanifolds in spacetime regions foliated by specific hypersurfaces.
method Introduced k−future convex spacelike/null hypersurfaces and proved no k−dimensional closed trapped submanifolds can be tangent to these hypersurfaces from their future side. result Closed trapped submanifolds cannot be found in open spacetime regions foliated by k−future convex hypersurfaces. Study gluing event horizons of Minkowski and Schwarzschild spacetimes.
problem Gluing event horizons of different spacetimes.
method Nonperturbative, gluing results from Aretakis-Czimek-Rodnianski and Christodoulou's short pulse method.
result Construct examples of vacuum gravitational collapse to very slowly rotating Kerr black holes.
Vacuum gravity shows black holes can form without collapse.
problem Formation of black holes in vacuum gravity.
method Cauchy--double-null framework, Yau's boundary criterion.
result Black holes form from boundary effects in vacuum spacetime.
Paper constructs non-symmetric collapsing spacetimes without symmetries.
problem Forming non-symmetric collapsing spacetimes in vacuum.
method Modified Christodoulou's a priori estimates and gluing construction.
result Past geodesic completeness and asymptotic Minkowski space.
Proves existence and trapped surface formation for Einstein-Vlasov system without symmetry assumptions.
problem Formation of trapped surfaces in Einstein-Vlasov system without symmetry.
method Calibrated hierarchy of estimates, refined renormalization, strategic restriction of elliptic estimates, precise commutator calculus.
result First large-data, symmetry-free construction of dynamical black hole formation.
Stability of Schwarzschild singularity in near-Schwarzschild black holes under perturbations.
problem Stability of the Schwarzschild singularity in near-Schwarzschild black holes.
method Energy methods and new approach to Einstein vacuum equations in axial symmetry.
result The solution displays asymptocially-velocity-term-dominated dynamics and approaches a different Kasner solution at each point of the singularity.
Paper proves existence of anisotropic dynamical horizons in gravitational collapse.
problem Existence of apparent horizons in gravitational collapse.
method Scale-critical hyperbolic method and non-perturbative elliptic techniques.
result Smooth and spacelike apparent horizons emerge from general initial data in gravitational collapse.
Using black-hole inequalities and the increase of the horizon's areas, we show that there are arbitrarily small electro-vacuum perturbations of the standard initial data of the extreme Reissner-Nordstrom black-hole that, (by contradiction), cannot decay in time into any extreme Kerr-Newman black-hole. This proves the e…
Over the past three decades, black holes have played an important role in quantum gravity, mathematical physics, numerical relativity and gravitational wave phenomenology. However, conceptual settings and mathematical models used to discuss them have varied considerably from one area to another. Over the last five year…
Uniqueness theorem for extremal charged black holes in de Sitter space.
problem Proving uniqueness of extremal charged black holes in de Sitter space.
method Analyzing Einstein-Maxwell theory with a positive cosmological constant.
result Local isometry to extremal Reissner-Nordström-de Sitter black hole or its near-horizon geometry.
We study some aspects of spherical symmetric dyonic non-supersymmetric black holes in 4dN=1 supergravity coupled to chiral and vector multiplets on Kähler-Ricci solitons. Then, we have a family of dyonic non-supersymmetric black holes deformed with respect to the flow parameter related to the Kähler-Ricci soliton…
Proof of reverse isoperimetric inequality for black holes.
problem Reverse isoperimetric inequality for black holes in Einstein gravity.
method Geometric-analytic approach.
result Reversal of the usual isoperimetric inequality is explained by curved backgrounds governed by Einstein's equations.
This paper describes the black hole threshold in a moduli space of spherically symmetric spacetimes.
problem Understanding the black hole threshold in a moduli space of spherically symmetric spacetimes.
method Complete description and analysis of the black hole threshold in the moduli space M. result The black hole threshold is the extremal leaf of a C1 foliation of the moduli space, separating black hole solutions from non-collapsing solutions. The geometry of five-dimensional Kerr black holes is discussed based on geodesics and Weyl curvatures. Kerr-Star space, Star-Kerr space and Kruskal space are naturally introduced by using special null geodesics. We show that the geodesics of AdS Kerr black hole are integrable, which generalizes the result of Frolov and…
New construction of self-dual black holes using quadrics.
problem Hidden features of self-dual black holes obscured by twistor theory.
method Holomorphic quadrics in dual twistor space.
result Directly encoded geometry of self-dual black holes in quadrics.
Adds charged black holes to de Sitter space.
problem Gluing charged black holes into de Sitter space.
method Extends Hintz's result to Einstein-Maxwell system with positive cosmological constant, using Reissner-Nordström or Kerr--Newman--de Sitter black holes.
result Determines conditions for gluing black holes into de Sitter space.
Achieved all-orders worldline action for Kerr black hole.
problem Calculating effective action for Kerr black hole.
method Twistor particle theory.
result All-orders worldline effective action for Kerr black hole.
Extreme black holes with $\SU(2)$ symmetry have a specific near horizon geometry.
problem Understanding the near horizon geometry of extreme black holes with $\SU(2)$ symmetry.
method Analyzing the near horizon geometry of 5D extreme black holes with $\SU(2)$ symmetry.
result The near horizon geometry of these black holes must be that of a Berger sphere.
We establish inequalities relating the size of a material body to its mass, angular momentum, and charge, within the context of axisymmetric initial data sets for the Einstein equations. These inequalities hold in general without the assumption of the maximal condition, and use a notion of size which is easily computab…
Black holes offer insights into machine learning's loss landscapes.
problem Understanding the loss landscape in machine learning.
method Comparing machine learning loss landscapes to black hole entropy.
result Black holes provide an infinite family of potential landscapes with known minima.
New black hole models with both null and spacelike singularities.
problem Understanding singularities in black hole spacetimes.
method Developed a new spacelike-characteristic gluing method to construct black hole spacetimes.
result First examples of black holes with coexisting null and spacelike singularities.
Study proves inequality linking black hole properties and angular momentum.
problem Establishing a Penrose-type inequality for black holes with 3-sphere horizons.
method Analyzing biaxially symmetric, maximal, asymptotically flat initial data sets for the Einstein equations.
result Equality holds only for stationary Myers-Perry black holes.
A key result in four dimensional black hole physics, since the early 1970s, is Hawking's topology theorem asserting that the cross-sections of an "apparent horizon", separating the black hole region from the rest of the spacetime, are topologically two-spheres. Later, during the 1990s, by applying a variant of Hawking'…
We connect topological changes that can occur in 3-space via surgery, with black hole formation, the formation of wormholes and new generalizations of these phenomena, including relationships between quantum entanglement and wormhole formation. By considering the initial manifold as the 3-dimensional spatial sectio…
Proves no-hair theorem for certain vacuum black holes.
problem No-hair theorem for stationary vacuum black holes.
method Proof of no-hair theorem, definition of surface gravity and angular velocity, analysis of near-horizon geometries.
result Completion of no-hair theorem proof for specified black holes.
Warped-product black hole spacetimes are C0-inextendible.
problem Future C0-inextendibility of warped-product black hole spacetimes method Adapting Sbierski's proof for a broad class of warped-product black hole spacetimes
result Future C0-inextendibility established for spacetimes with a static exterior region Constructs many black hole spacetimes in de Sitter space.
problem Creating well-controlled many black hole spacetimes in de Sitter space.
method Gluing Schwarzschild-de Sitter or Kerr-de Sitter black hole metrics into neighborhoods of points on the future conformal boundary of de Sitter space, under certain balance conditions.
result Solves the Einstein equation directly for the metric, given scattering data at the future conformal boundary.
We study, using Mean Curvature Flow methods, 2+1 dimensional cosmologies with a positive cosmological constant and matter satisfying the dominant and the strong energy conditions. If the spatial slices are compact with non-positive Euler characteristic and are initially expanding everywhere, then we prove that the spat…
This paper explores charged black holes in 3+1 dimensions, finding limitations on their existence.
problem Classifying charged electrostatic black holes in arbitrary topology.
method Comparison geometry techniques.
result Charged Schwarzschild black holes are possible, but not Boosts or Myers-Korotkin-Nicolai solutions.
In this paper a lower bound for the ADM mass is given in terms of the angular momenta and charges of black holes present in axisymmetric initial data sets for the Einstein-Maxwell equations. This generalizes the mass-angular momentum-charge inequality obtained by Chrusciel and Costa to the case of multiple black holes.…
Researchers compute quasi-local mass of Kerr black hole horizon.
problem Computing the quasi-local mass of Kerr black hole horizons.
method Isometric embedding of Kerr black hole horizon in hyperbolic space.
result Quasi-local mass varies with Kerr black hole spin parameter.
Theorem proves topological censorship for universes with positive cosmological constant.
problem Proving topological censorship for spacetimes with positive cosmological constant.
method Developed a new theorem assuming eventual isolation of black hole collections.
result Regions near black hole collections have trivial fundamental group.
Effective action for Kerr-Newman black hole found in twistor theory.
problem Effective action for Kerr-Newman black hole.
method Twistor particle theory to achieve all-orders worldline effective action.
result Exact hidden symmetries identified in self-dual backgrounds.
Researchers found a way to measure energy in black hole perturbations.
problem Lack of positive-definite and conserved energy in black hole stability.
method Dimensional reduction and construction of a positive-definite energy functional.
result Conserved Hamiltonian energy for axially symmetric perturbations of Kerr black holes.
This work proves Kerr black holes are dynamically stable under certain perturbations.
problem Dynamical stability of Kerr black holes under axially symmetric perturbations.
method Dimensional reduction to 2+1 Einstein-wave map system, construction of positive-definite energy functional, proving boundary terms vanish.
result Strictly conserved positive energy for axially symmetric linear perturbations of Kerr black holes.