In general relativity, the local gravitational energy is best characterised by the quasilocal mass. The small sphere limit of quasilocal mass provides us the most local notion of gravitational energy. In four dimensions, the limits were shown be the stress tensor in non-vacuum and the Bel-Robinson tensor in vacuum. We …
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Method generates joint posterior samples of source and foreground mass distributions for gravitational lensing.
problem Challenging inference problem for high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio gravitational lensing.
method Combines diffusion-based generative modeling and recurrent inference machines.
result Can model realistic gravitational lensing simulations down to the noise level.
Sharp mass bounds for ALE and ALF toric 4-manifolds.
problem Establishing lower bounds for the mass of ALE and ALF toric 4-manifolds.
method Using gravitational instantons and conical angle defects, the mass is bounded below by a sum of the mass of the corresponding instanton and an expression determined by conical angle defects.
result The mass of an ALE or ALF toric 4-manifold is not less than the mass of the corresponding gravitational instanton.
Study on curvature blow-up rates in black hole interiors from gravitational collapse.
problem Understanding curvature blow-up rates in black hole interiors during gravitational collapse.
method Investigation of spherically symmetric Einstein-scalar field spacetimes, focusing on blow-up rates of curvature and mass.
result Kretschmann scalar blows up faster than in Schwarzschild setting, indicating a new blow-up phenomenon.
A novel clustering method uses torque balance to group objects.
problem Grouping similar objects in various scientific fields.
method Inspired by gravitational interactions, a parameter-free clustering algorithm based on mass and distance.
result The algorithm effectively clusters objects regardless of their shape, size, or density.
TIER uses extended strain data to improve gravitational wave detection sensitivity.
problem Improving gravitational wave detection sensitivity using extended strain data.
method TIER framework using machine learning to capture extended strain data features.
result Up to 20% improvement in sensitive volume time in LIGO-Virgo-Kagra O3 data.
Reviewed and extended Wang-Yau quasi-local mass definitions.
problem Clarifying and extending definitions of quasi-local mass.
method Reviewed existing definitions and extended positivity proof.
result Extended positivity proof for Wang-Yau quasi-local energy.
We prove that for spacetimes solving the Einstein-Maxwell (EM) equations, the electromagnetic field contributes at highest order to the nonlinear memory effect of gravitational waves. In [5] D. Christodoulou showed that gravitational waves have a nonlinear memory. He discussed how this effect can be measured as a perma…
Gravitational waves are predicted by the general theory of relativity. In [6] D. Christodoulou showed that gravitational waves have a nonlinear memory. We proved in [3] that the electromagnetic field contributes at highest order to the nonlinear memory effect of gravitational waves. In the present paper, we study this …
Study revisits Bondi mass and discusses memory effect in polyhomogeneous spacetimes.
problem Analyzing the asymptotic behavior and memory effect in polyhomogeneous spacetimes.
method Revisits Bondi mass using Iyer-Wald formalism and discusses memory effect in vacuum polyhomogeneous spacetimes.
result The balance law remains unchanged in polyhomogeneous spacetimes with logarithmic terms.
We discuss our recent work [4] in which gravitational radiation was studied by evaluating the Wang-Yau quasi-local mass of surfaces of fixed size at the infinity of both axial and polar perturbations of the Schwarzschild spacetime, à la Chandrasekhar [1].
Charge measurements for instantons and gravitational perturbations.
problem Evaluating charges in Hermitian non-Kähler Einstein 4-manifolds and their perturbations.
method Evaluation of charges via Killing spinors and perturbation analysis of gravitational instantons.
result Generic gravitational perturbations admit a closed 2-form measuring the charge change.
Study limits of quasi-local angular momentum at infinity of gravitating systems.
problem Understanding limits of quasi-local angular momentum at infinity of gravitating systems.
method Based on optimal isometric embedding and quasilocal mass theory, the study defines and analyzes the limits of quasi-local angular momentum at spatial and null infinity.
result Limits of quasi-local angular momentum are discussed at spatial and null infinity of an isolated gravitating system.
When a spacetime takes Bondi radiating metric, and is vacuum and asymptotically flat at spatial infinity which ensures the positive mass theorem, we prove that the standard ADM energy-momentum is the past limit of the Bondi energy-momentum. We also derive a formula relating the ADM energy-momentum of any asymptotically…
The Planck mass can be derived from gravitational potential behavior in compactifications.
problem Deriving the Planck mass from gravitational potential behavior in compactifications.
method Physical considerations and Weyl law application to gravitational potential behavior.
result The Planck mass can be reconstructed from the asymptotics of the masses of spin 2 Kaluza--Klein modes.
First we review the definition of a negative point mass singularity. Then we examine the gravitational lensing effects of these singularities in isolation and with shear and convergence from continuous matter. We review the Inverse Mean Curvature Flow and use this flow to prove some new results about the mass of a sing…
There are two important statements regarding the Trautman-Bondi mass at null infinity: one is the positivity, and the other is the Bondi mass loss formula, which are both global in nature. In this note, we compute the limit of the Wang-Yau quasi-local mass on unit spheres at null infinity of an asymptotically flat spac…
New definition of angular momentum avoids supertranslation ambiguity.
problem Supertranslation ambiguity in angular momentum calculations.
method Derived from quasilocal angular momentum and defined at null infinity.
result First supertranslation-invariant definition of angular momentum.
Proposes a new quasi-local mass for timelike 2-surfaces in spacetimes.
problem Need a mass definition for 2-surfaces with timelike mean curvature.
method Adopts Wang-Yau's quasi-local energy framework, modifies for timelike mean curvature.
result Yields a positive definite surface energy density and divergence-free current.
The paper proves a rigidity theorem for null geodesic travel times in asymptotically AdS spacetimes.
problem Determining if a spacetime is conformally AdS based on null geodesic travel times.
method Analyzing all null geodesics from a point to its antipodal point, considering various spacetime conditions.
result The spacetime is conformally AdS if and only if all null geodesics from a point refocus at its antipodal point.
In the paper [4] is presented a theory which unifies the gravitation theory and the mechanical effects, which is different from the Riemannian theories like GTR. Moreover it is built in the style of the electomagnetic field theory. This paper is a continuation of [4] such that the complex variant of that theory yields …
New method resolves ambiguity in measuring black hole merger angular momentum.
problem Ambiguity in measuring angular momentum during black hole mergers.
method Quasilocal mass and optimal isometric embedding theory.
result New definition of angular momentum free of supertranslation ambiguity.
Study finds periodic orbits in a complex gravitational system.
problem Existence of periodic solutions in a gravitational system with multiple primaries.
method Proves existence of periodic solutions when primaries move on a Hip-Hop solution.
result Proves the existence of periodic solutions in the restricted -body problem.
Constructs initial data for Einstein vacuum equations involving multiple localized gravitational sources.
problem Modeling the interaction of distant gravitational systems in general relativity.
method Time-symmetric initial data construction using gluing schemes and localized sources.
result Produces initial data sets with finite ADM mass and multiple Einstein-Rosen bridges.
We propose a construction of Skyrme fields from holonomy of the spin connection of gravitational instantons. The procedure is implemented for Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT instantons. The skyrmion resulting from the Taub-NUT is given explicitly on the space of orbits of a left translation inside the whole isometry group.…
We discuss the concepts of energy and mass in relativity. On a finitely extended spatial region, they lead to the notion of quasilocal energy/mass for the boundary 2-surface in spacetime. A new definition was found in [27] that satisfies the positivity, rigidity, and asymptotics properties. The definition makes use of …
We study the Bondi-Sachs rockets with nonzero cosmological constant. We observe that the acceleration of the systems arises naturally in the asymptotic symmetries of (anti-) de Sitter spacetimes. Assuming the validity of the concepts of energy and mass previously introduced in asymptotically flat spacetimes, we find th…
Formulae track evolution of angular momentum and center of mass at null infinity.
problem Tracking the evolution of conserved quantities at null infinity.
method Evolution formulae in Bondi-Sachs coordinates, expressed in terms of shear and news tensors.
result Supertranslation invariance of fluxes, conservation law of angular momentum, duality paradigm.
This paper proves a canonical foliation on null infinity for Kerr-like black holes.
problem Establishing well-defined physical quantities on null infinity for Kerr-like black holes.
method Existence and uniqueness results for GCM spheres by Klainerman-Szeftel.
result Existence of a canonical foliation on future null infinity with well-defined physical quantities.
Study proves positivity of quasi-local masses in general relativity using spinors.
problem Proving the positivity of quasi-local masses in general relativity.
method Using spinors and solving Dirac equation on compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary conditions.
result Gravitational mass bounded by a spacelike topological 2-sphere is non-negative, vanishing only in Minkowski space.
Given a sphere with Bartnik data close to that of a round sphere in Euclidean 3-space, we compute its Bartnik-Bray outer mass to first order in the data's deviation from the standard sphere. The Hawking mass gives a well-known lower bound, and an upper bound is obtained by estimating the mass of a static vacuum extensi…
New definitions of conserved quantities at null infinity resolve ambiguities in general relativity.
problem Ambiguities in defining conserved quantities like angular momentum at null infinity.
method New definitions based on Chen-Wang-Yau quasilocal conserved quantities and optimal isometric embedding theory.
result These new definitions are free of supertranslation ambiguity and limit to classical Bondi mass.
Proves uniqueness and existence of toric gravitational instantons.
problem Proves uniqueness and existence of four-dimensional asymptotically flat, Ricci-flat, toric gravitational instantons.
method Adapting black hole uniqueness theorems to a harmonic map formulation of Ricci-flat metrics with torus symmetry.
result Proves that instantons are uniquely characterised by their rod structure and that for every admissible rod structure, there exists a smooth instanton.
The inequality relating total mass and angular momenta, is established for (possibly dynamical) spacetimes admitting black holes of ring () topology. This inequality is shown to be sharp in the sense that it is saturated precisely…
Machine learning detects subhalos in lensed images with high accuracy and low false positives.
problem Detecting substructure in strongly lensed images.
method Developed a neural network for image segmentation to locate and mass estimate subhalos.
result The network can detect subhalos with masses and measure the subhalo mass function.
Researchers resolved ambiguities in gravitational radiation charges.
problem Ambiguities in charges related to gravitational radiation.
method Addressed supertranslation ambiguities in classical and extended BMS algebras.
result Proposed and proved an invariant charge free from supertranslation ambiguity.
The center of mass in General Relativity is hard to define due to coordinate freedom.
problem Defining the center of mass in General Relativity rigorously and consistently.
method Analyzing the challenges in Newtonian Gravity and using Bartnik's asymptotic harmonic coordinates.
result Examples of initial data sets in General Relativity that do not satisfy center of mass definitions.
Initial data with zero mass must be in pp-wave spacetimes.
problem Proving initial data with zero mass must be in pp-wave spacetimes.
method Spinorial methods combined with spacetime harmonic functions.
result Initial data with zero mass must be contained in pp-wave spacetimes.
Solves probabilistic Lambert problem connecting astrodynamics with optimal mass transport.
problem Determining spacecraft velocity for given positions with probabilistic constraints.
method Generalized optimal mass transport (OMT) and Schrödinger bridge (SBP) connections.
result Existence and uniqueness of solution for probabilistic Lambert problem.
In a vacuum spacetime equips with the Bondi's radiating metric which is asymptotically flat at spatial infinity including gravitational radiation ({\bf Condition D}), we establish the relation between the ADM total linear momentum and the Bondi momentum. The relation between the ADM total energy and the Bondi mass in t…
Study on capillarity minimizers with nonlocal repulsion and gravity, proving existence and nonexistence.
problem Minimizing an energy functional with capillarity, nonlocal repulsion, and gravity.
method Quantitative isoperimetric inequalities applied to capillarity problem in a half-space.
result Existence and nonexistence of minimizers for various nonlocal kernels and masses.
The paper examines gravitational singularities in spacetimes and proves inextendibility.
problem Investigating gravitational singularities in spacetimes.
method Analyzing local holonomy and using it to prove inextendibility.
result Proves the -inextendibility of certain spacetimes.
Simulation-based population inference of LISA's Galactic binaries: Bypassing the global fitastro-ph.GA
New method bypasses global fit for LISA's Galactic binaries, extracting population parameters directly.
problem Disentangling LISA's Galactic binary sources from backgrounds in a computationally intensive process.
method Simulation-based approach using normalizing flow to infer population parameters.
result Direct inference of population parameters from LISA's frequency strain series.
We present the first estimation of the mass and spin magnitude of Kerr black holes resulting from the coalescence of binary black holes using a deep neural network. The network is trained on a dataset containing 80\% of the full publicly available catalog of numerical simulations of gravitational waves emission by bina…
The paper challenges the smooth null infinity model by constructing counter-examples and showing non-smoothness of null infinity.
problem The structure of gravitational radiation near infinity, particularly at smooth null infinity.
method Constructing solutions to the spherically symmetric Einstein-Scalar field equations and analyzing asymptotic behavior.
result The asymptotic expansion of the derivative of the scalar field near null infinity contains logarithmic terms, indicating non-smoothness.
New estimates quantify blow-up rates of spacelike singularities in gravitational collapse.
problem Quantifying the blow-up rates of spacelike singularities in gravitational collapse.
method Deriving new quantitative estimates using spherical symmetry and double-null coordinates.
result Polynomial blow-up rates for various quantities, with improved estimates for and .
Math proves gravity can be localized near branes in extra dimensions.
problem Locating gravitational attraction near branes in extra dimensions.
method Mathematical proof of wave-function constancy and warping gradients.
result Gravity can be localized closer to branes using strong warping gradients.
The paper studies how test particles' mass and charge vary in Kaluza-Klein models.
problem Understanding how test particles' mass and charge change in Kaluza-Klein models.
method Analyzes geodesic motion in a 5D Kaluza-Klein spacetime with background metrics encoding 4D gauge fields and Higgs-like scalars.
result The mass and charge of test particles become variable when traversing regions with massive gauge fields or non-constant Higgs scalars.