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 The paper proves the existence of a horizon for certain spacetimes.
problem Existence of horizons in asymptotically stationary spacetimes.
method General unstable manifold theorem for perturbations of flows.
result Existence of a unique null hypersurface asymptotic to a horizon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New method to find surfaces in null cones with constant curvature near black hole indicators.
problem Finding surfaces in null cones with constant curvature near black hole indicators.
method Flow techniques to foliate null cones by surfaces of constant spacetime mean curvature.
result A neighbourhood of stable MOTS in a null cone can be foliated by hypersurfaces of constant spacetime mean curvature.
Investigates geometric properties of Bardeen black hole spacetime.
problem Examines curvature properties of Bardeen black hole spacetime.
method Analyzes pseudosymmetry, pseudosymmetric Weyl curvature, and recurrent structures.
result Bardeen spacetime is a manifold of pseudosymmetry Weyl curvature and satisfies special recurrent like structure.
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 on black holes and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, proving uniqueness theorems.
problem Uniqueness of black hole and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes.
method Potential theory approach, self-contained proofs for known and new cases.
result Proves new results for connected photon spheres and photon surfaces in the extremal case, and super-extremal case.
The study finds regular null hypersurfaces in a perturbed Schwarzschild black hole exterior.
problem Existence of regular null hypersurfaces in a perturbed Schwarzschild black hole.
method Proof of existence for null hypersurfaces in a perturbed Schwarzschild spacetime.
result Existence of many foliations by regular null hypersurfaces in the exterior region of a perturbed Schwarzschild black hole.
It is expected that matter composed of a perfect fluid cannot be at rest outside of a black hole if the spacetime is asymptotically flat and static (non-rotating). However, there has not been a rigorous proof for this expectation without assuming spheical symmetry. In this paper, we provide a proof of non-existence of …
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.
The paper examines geometric properties of a specific black hole spacetime.
problem Curvature properties of a Hayward black hole spacetime.
method Analyzes the curvature properties of Hayward black hole spacetime using Einstein field equations.
result The Hayward black hole spacetime is an Einstein manifold and exhibits various types of pseudosymmetry.
Alternative proof for static black hole uniqueness with nonpositive mass.
problem Proving static uniqueness for Kottler spacetimes with nonpositive mass.
method Alternative, more elementary proof of static uniqueness theorem.
result Alternative proof of static uniqueness for Kottler spacetimes with nonpositive mass.
Study finds necessary conditions for black hole geometries to asymptotically approach Kerr-de Sitter spacetime.
problem Understanding the asymptotic behavior of black hole geometries.
method Used hidden symmetry and conformal geometry technology to find necessary conditions.
result Necessary conditions for black hole geometries to asymptotically approach Kerr-de Sitter spacetime.
A spacetime is a connected 4-dimensional semi-Riemannian manifold endowed with a metric g with signature (−+++). The geometry of a spacetime is described by the metric tensor g and the Ricci tensor S of type (0,2) whereas the energy momentum tensor of type (0,2) describes the physical contents of the sp…
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. This paper is the continuation of [8]. We essentially prove that the familly of strongly causal spacetimes defined in [8] associated to generic achronal subsets in Ein contains all the examples of BTZ multi black-holes. It provides new elements for the global description of these multi black-holes. We also prove that a…
New theorem shows black holes are real, with clearer event horizon.
problem Existence of black holes in spacetime.
method Analyzes radial tidal forces and strong energy condition.
result Proves timelike incompleteness of certain spacetimes.
In a recent paper (gr-qc/0509107) the author and Rick Schoen obtained a generalization to higher dimensions of a classical result of Hawking concerning the topology of black holes. It was proved that, apart from certain exceptional circumstances, cross sections of the event horizon, in the stationary case, and 'weakly …
Constructs solutions of Einstein equations for black holes gluing along timelike geodesics.
problem Constructing solutions of Einstein equations for black holes gluing along timelike geodesics.
method Constructs solutions gε of the Einstein equations describing a mass ε Kerr black hole traveling along a timelike geodesic C. result Constructs true solutions gε of the Einstein equations for black holes gluing along timelike geodesics. 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.
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.
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.
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.
We give new definitions of null infinity and black hole in terms of causal boundaries, applicable to any strongly causal spacetime (M,g). These are meant to extend the standard ones given in terms of conformal boundaries, and use the new definitions to prove a classic result in black hole theory for this more general…
We formulate the variational problem for AdS gravity with Dirichlet boundary conditions and demonstrate that the covariant counterterms are necessary to make the variational problem well-posed. The holographic charges associated with asymptotic symmetries are then rederived via Noether's theorem and `covariant phase sp…
Hawking's theorem on the topology of black holes asserts that cross sections of the event horizon in 4-dimensional asymptotically flat stationary black hole spacetimes obeying the dominant energy condition are topologically 2-spheres. This conclusion extends to outer apparent horizons in spacetimes that are not necessa…
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.
The information loss occurs in an evaporating black hole only if the time evolution ends at the singularity. But as we shall see, the black hole solutions admit analytical extensions beyond the singularities, to globally hyperbolic solutions. The method used is similar to that for the apparent singularity at the event …
New concept of Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes and metric transitions explored.
problem Signature-changing spacetimes and their geometric properties.
method Introduction and analysis of Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes and transitions.
result Consistency of proper time to horizon in Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes.
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…
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…
Researchers extend microlocal analysis across event horizons of rotating black holes.
problem Incomplete microlocal theory of fields across black hole event horizons.
method Extended microlocal theory for extremal rotating black holes, showing null covectors form an involutive double characteristic manifold.
result Mathematical basis for asymptotic oscillatory solutions near event horizons.
Study linear perturbations in Schwarzschild black hole spacetime.
problem Linear perturbations of Schwarzschild black hole spacetime.
method Investigate linearised perturbation of constant mass aspect function foliation at null infinity.
result Linearised perturbations of Bondi energy and mass vanish, and all linear momentum can be achieved.
Proves existence and uniqueness of vacuum black hole solutions in higher dimensions.
problem Existence and uniqueness of solutions to Einstein equations in higher-dimensional spacetimes.
method Develops a generalized plumbing construction and analyzes singular harmonic maps.
result Establishes existence and uniqueness for black hole solutions in (n+3)-dimensional spacetimes. New memory effect discovered in gravitational wave behavior.
problem Understanding gravitational wave behavior in spacetimes with angular momentum.
method Mathematical analysis of Minkowski spacetime and Kerr black holes.
result Angular momentum memory effect observed at future null infinity.
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'…
Stability of black holes proven in full subextremal range with positive cosmological constant.
problem Stability of Kerr-de Sitter black holes in the full subextremal range.
method Similar to previous proof in slowly rotating case, with implementation of constraint damping and verification of subprincipal symbol condition.
result Stability of Kerr-de Sitter black holes proven in the full subextremal range.
Small deformations of marginally (outer) trapped surfaces are considered by using their stability operator. In the case of spherical symmetry, one can use these deformations on any marginally trapped round sphere to prove several interesting results. The concept of 'core' of a black hole is introduced: it is a minimal …
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.
Establishes inequality for multiple black holes, proving mass lower bound.
problem Proving mass-angular momentum inequality for multiple black holes.
method Novel flow of singular harmonic maps with hyperbolic plane target.
result Mass lower bound for ADM mass and angular momentum.
Bartnik mass is positive and non-decreasing for black holes
problem Quasilocal mass for black holes
method Defining a Bartnik mass and proving positivity and monotonicity
result Positive and non-decreasing Bartnik mass for black holes
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.
Motivated by the Strong Cosmic Censorship Conjecture for asymptotically AdS spacetimes, we initiate the study of massive scalar waves satisfying □gψ−μψ=0 on the interior of Anti-de Sitter (AdS) black holes. We prescribe initial data on a spacelike hypersurface of a Reissner--Nordström--AdS black hole and impose…
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.
Based on the Hamiltonian dimensional reduction of 3+1 axially symmetric, Ricci-flat Lorentzian spacetimes to a 2+1 Einstein-wave map system with the (negatively curved) hyperbolic 2-plane target, we construct a positive-definite, (spacetime) gauge-invariant energy functional for linear axially symmetric perturbatio…