Adapting Israel's proof of static black hole uniqueness, we show that the Schwarzschild spacetime is the only static vacuum asymptotically flat spacetime that possesses a suitably defined photon sphere.
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In a recent paper, the authors established the uniqueness of photon spheres in static vacuum asymptotically flat spacetimes by adapting Bunting and Masood-ul-Alam's proof of static vacuum black hole uniqueness. Here, we establish uniqueness of suitably defined sub-extremal photon spheres in static electro-vacuum asympt…
The paper confirms the existence of 5D regular static vacuum solutions with multiple black holes and Kasner asymptotics.
problem Existence of 5D regular static vacuum solutions with multiple black holes.
method Construction of specific examples with different horizon topologies and analysis of spacetime properties.
result Existence of 5D vacuum solitons with Kasner asymptotics and regular static space-periodic spacetimes.
The paper extends gluing theorems for linearized gravitational fields in static spacetimes with cosmological constant.
problem Establishing gluing theorems for linearized vacuum gravitational fields on characteristic surfaces.
method Analyzing linearised Einstein equations in Bondi gauge on static four-dimensional spacetimes with cosmological constant.
result Generalization and extension of gluing theorems to include cosmological constant and arbitrary topology.
Paper proves uniqueness of black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.
problem Proving uniqueness of static vacuum black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.
method Combining and generalizing techniques from previous works by Müller zum Hagen, Robinson, and Seifert, the authors prove geometric inequalities for connected (n+1)-dimensional spacetimes.
result Recovering and extending known uniqueness results for black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.
Analyzing static solutions in Finsler gravity, extending known results.
problem Extending the analyticity of static vacuum solutions to Finsler spacetimes.
method Examining Finsler spacetimes with properties similar to static Lorentzian spacetimes.
result Finsler spacetimes with vanishing Ricci scalar are analytic.
The study calculates Weyl entropy in spacetime regions and shows its monotonic behavior.
problem Calculating and understanding Weyl entropy in spacetime regions.
method Introducing a candidate density for Weyl entropy in perfect fluid regions and analyzing its behavior in compact spacetime regions.
result Weyl entropy is shown to be monotonic in time and maximal in vacuum static metrics.
The paper extends gluing theorems for gravitational fields in higher dimensions.
problem Proving gluing theorems for linearised gravitational fields on characteristic hypersurfaces.
method Analyzing linearised vacuum gravitational fields in -dimensional static spacetimes with cosmological constant.
result Generalization of gluing theorems to higher dimensions, extending previous work on light cones.
Researchers prove a nonlinear gluing theorem for gravitational fields near static backgrounds.
problem Proving a nonlinear gluing theorem for gravitational fields near static backgrounds.
method Proved a nonlinear characteristic -gluing theorem for vacuum gravitational fields in Bondi gauge.
result Generalized the -gluing theorem near light cones to a wider class of hypersurfaces.
Static spacetimes are stable attractors in a flow equation.
problem Stability of static spacetimes with negative cosmological constant.
method New expander entropy for Ricci-harmonic flow.
result Static metrics are stable if and only if a positive mass theorem holds.
Asymptotically flat static causal fermion systems are introduced. Their total mass is defined as a limit of surface layer integrals which compare the measures describing the asymptotically flat spacetime and a vacuum spacetime near spatial infinity. Our definition does not involve any regularity assumptions; it even ap…
Establishes a Penrose-type inequality for static spacetimes.
problem Finding a lower bound on the total mass of static spacetimes.
method Analyzes (n+1)-dimensional asymptotically flat standard static spacetimes under timelike convergence condition.
result Extends Penrose-type inequalities to all dimensions and characterizes equality conditions.
We prove that an -dimensional spin static vacuum with negative cosmological constant whose null infinity has a boundary admitting a non-trivial Killing spinor field is the AdS spacetime. As a consequence, we generalize previous uniqueness results by X. Wang \cite{Wa2} and by Chru{ś}ciel-Herzlich \cite{CH} and in…
We prove that any 4-dimensional geodesically complete spacetime with a timelike Killing field satisfying the vacuum Einstein field equation with nonnegative cosmological constant is flat. When dim , if the spacetime is assumed to be static additionally, we prove that its universal …
The paper investigates geometrical aspects of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
problem Geometrical properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing conditions and properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
result Conditions and properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons are determined.
Proves uniqueness of certain spacetime solutions with extremal horizons.
problem Proving uniqueness of extremal Schwarzschild de Sitter spacetime solutions.
method Analytic proof in four and higher dimensions, spectral problem for hyperbolic surfaces.
result Proves extremal Schwarzschild de Sitter solutions are unique up to identifications.
Photon surfaces are timelike, totally umbilic hypersurfaces of Lorentzian spacetimes. In the first part of this paper, we locally characterize all possible photon surfaces in a class of static, spherically symmetric spacetimes that includes Schwarzschild, Reissner--Nordström, Schwarzschild-anti de Sitter, etc., in $n+1…
New proofs of unique photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, extending previous work.
problem Proving uniqueness of photon surfaces in 4D static vacuum spacetimes.
method Different proofs based on black hole uniqueness and Willmore inequality.
result Partial proof of Willmore inequality in 3D.
Characterizes photon surfaces in static spacetimes, proving uniqueness.
problem Understanding photon surfaces in static spacetimes of arbitrary dimension.
method Complete characterization and new insights into spacetime geometry.
result Proves uniqueness of certain electrostatic spacetimes.
We construct infinite-dimensional families of non-singular static space times, solutions of the vacuum Einstein-Maxwell equations with a negative cosmological constant. The families include an infinite-dimensional family of solutions with the usual AdS conformal structure at conformal infinity.
We show that Wang's proof of uniqueness of Anti-de Sitter spacetime can be adapted to provide uniqueness results for strictly static asymptotically locally hyperbolic vacuum metrics with toroidal infinity, and to prove negativity of the free energy of asymptotically AdS black holes with higher-genus horizons.
In this paper we propose and discuss a notion of mass for compact static metrics with positive cosmological constant. As a consequence, we characterise the de Sitter solution as the only static vacuum metric with zero mass. Finally, we show how to adapt our analysis to the case of negative cosmological constant, leadin…
We prove that, among all (n + 1)-dimensional spin static vacua with positive cosmological constant, the de Sitter spacetime is characterized by the fact that its spatial Killing hori-zons have minimal modes for the Dirac operator. As a consequence, the de Sitter spacetime is the only vacuum of this type for which the i…
We show that in any spacetime dimension , degenerate components of the event horizon do not exist in static vacuum configurations with positive cosmological constant. We also show that without a cosmological constant asymptotically flat solutions cannot possess a degenerate horizon component. Several independen…
In a recent paper the first author established the uniqueness of photon spheres, suitably defined, in static vacuum asymptotically flat spacetimes by adapting Israel's proof of static black hole uniqueness. In this note we establish uniqueness of photon spheres by adapting the argument of Bunting and Masood-ul-Alam, wh…
Study of 3D vacuum static spaces with specific curvature properties.
problem Classifying 3D vacuum static spaces with certain curvature conditions.
method Used generalized maximum principle to classify 3D spaces.
result Gave a complete classification of 3D complete vacuum static spaces.
Static vacuum extensions with prescribed Bartnik boundary data near a general static vacuum metricmath.DG
Extends static vacuum metrics with specific boundary conditions.
problem Proving the existence of static vacuum metrics with prescribed boundary data.
method Introducing static regular types (I) and (II), showing local well-posedness, and confirming Bartnik's conjecture.
result Confirms Bartnik's static vacuum extension conjecture for a broad range of boundary conditions.
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.
The paper classifies vacuum static spaces with harmonic curvature.
problem Classifying vacuum static spaces with harmonic curvature.
method Extending the 4-dimensional work by Kim-Shin, the paper classifies -dimensional spaces ().
result New counterexamples to the Fischer-Marsden conjecture on compact vacuum static spaces.
We solve Bartnik's stationary extension problem near Schwarzschild spheres.
problem Existence and uniqueness of asymptotically flat stationary vacuum spacetimes.
method Developed a double geodesic gauge, reducing equations to elliptic and transport-type problems.
result Local well-posedness for Bartnik stationary metric extension problem near Schwarzschild spheres.
New static vacuum metrics confirmed for near Euclidean boundary data.
problem Establishing sufficient conditions for near Euclidean boundary data in static vacuum metrics.
method Using new arguments from studying the conjecture for arbitrary static vacuum metrics.
result Any hypersurface in a dense subfamily is static regular.
Classifies vacuum static spaces with harmonic curvature.
problem Classifying vacuum static spaces with harmonic curvature.
method Thorough classification through geometric analysis.
result Spaces are locally isometric to four types.
Existence proved for static vacuum extensions near Schwarzschild spheres.
problem Proving existence of static vacuum extensions near Schwarzschild spheres.
method Existence and local uniqueness of static vacuum extensions for Bartnik data on a sphere near a Schwarzschild sphere.
result Existence of static vacuum extensions near Schwarzschild spheres.
We establish a black hole uniqueness theorem for Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime, also called Kottler spacetime, which satisfies Einstein's field equations of general relativity with positive cosmological constant. Our result concerns the class of static vacuum spacetimes with compact spacelike slices and regular max…
Proves existence of static vacuum metrics with specific boundary data.
problem Existence of static vacuum metrics with prescribed boundary data.
method Proves existence and local uniqueness of static vacuum metrics close to the Euclidean metric.
result Existence of static vacuum metrics with prescribed Bartnik boundary data.
New black hole solutions with positive and negative masses in 4 and 5 dimensions.
problem Constructing static vacuum black hole solutions with signed masses.
method Axisymmetric and bi-axisymmetric solutions in 4 and 5 dimensions, using Weyl-Papapetrou coordinates.
result Signed mass black holes can be superposed, with specific topologies in 5 dimensions.
The study finds compact vacuum static spaces with positive isotropic curvature are spheres or products of a circle and sphere.
problem Characterizing compact vacuum static spaces with positive isotropic curvature.
method Proving isometric equivalence to spheres or product spaces.
result Compact vacuum static spaces with positive isotropic curvature are isometric to spheres or product spaces.
On the initial boundary value problem for the vacuum Einstein equations and geometric uniquenessmath.AP
Solves initial boundary value problem for vacuum Einstein equations and proves geometric uniqueness.
problem Initial boundary value problem for vacuum Einstein equations.
method Formulated IBVP, solved simultaneously in local harmonic coordinates, constructed unique maximal globally hyperbolic solution.
result Vacuum spacetimes satisfying fixed initial-boundary conditions and corner conditions are geometrically unique near the initial surface.
The (twice-contracted) second Bianchi identity is a differential curvature identity that holds on any smooth manifold with a metric. In the case when such a metric is Lorentzian and solves Einstein's equations with an (in this case inevitably smooth) energy-momentum-stress tensor of a "matter field" as the source of sp…
The study classifies spaces with specific conformal vector fields.
problem Characterizing closed vacuum static spaces with non-Killing conformal vector fields.
method Provided characterizations and established an identity involving the characteristic function.
result Derived a rigidity theorem and classified spaces with the vector field.
Study geometric properties of generalized vacuum static spaces.
problem Estimating geometric properties of generalized -vacuum static spaces.
method Proving estimates for -scalar curvature and first eigenvalue of the Jacobi operator, and rigidity under various geometric assumptions.
result Proved a result related to the Cosmic no-hair conjecture.
This is the second of two works, in which we discuss the definition of an appropriate notion of mass for static metrics, in the case where the cosmological constant is positive and the model solutions are compact. In the first part, we have established a positive mass statement, characterising the de Sitter solution as…
New exact spherically symmetric vacuum solutions found in Finsler gravity.
problem Finding exact vacuum solutions in Finsler gravity.
method Spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat Berwald spacetimes solved for Finsler gravity vacuum equation.
result Only one class of spherically symmetric Berwald spacetimes is compatible with asymptotic flatness and a well-defined causal structure.
New method creates vacuum data at minimal and borderline decay thresholds.
problem Creating vacuum initial data at specific decay thresholds.
method Conical solution-operator method applied to vacuum asymptotically flat initial data.
result Demonstrates global and exterior stability of Minkowski spacetime.
-wave initial datagr-qc
Initial data for -wave spacetimes constructed in 4D.
problem Characterizing initial data for -wave spacetimes.
method Constructs a vacuum initial data set with extra conditions related to CKID.
result Data development is a subset of a vacuum -wave.
New vacuum spacetimes without CMC Cauchy surfaces found.
problem Finding vacuum cosmological spacetimes without CMC Cauchy surfaces.
method Extended construction of [6] using spatial topologies .
result Obtained a large class of vacuum cosmological spacetimes.
New findings on how conformal rescalings affect spacetime metrics.
problem Understanding how conformal rescalings impact spacetime metrics.
method Analyzing the null curvature condition and causal structure.
result Proving constraints on conformal rescalings in vacuum and non-vacuum spacetimes.
In the first part of this paper we consider expanding vacuum cosmological spacetimes with a free -action. Among them, we give evidence that Gowdy spacetimes have AVTD (asymptotically velocity term dominated) behavior for their initial geometry, in any dimension. We then give sufficient conditions to reach a simila…