New method parameterizes solutions to linearized vacuum constraints on Einstein manifolds.
problem Parameterizing solutions to linearized vacuum constraints on Einstein manifolds.
method Parameterize solutions using unconstrained potentials and shield linearized gravitational fields.
result Showed how to shield linearized gravitational fields without TT gauge for any value of cosmological constant.
We present an elementary argument that one can shield linearised gravitational fields using linearised gravitational fields. This is done by using third-order potentials for the metric, which avoids the need to solve singular equations in shielding or gluing constructions for the linearised metric.
In this paper, we consider the motion of a particle on a surface of revolution under the influence of a central force field. We prove that there are at most two analytic central potentials for which all the bounded, nonsingular orbits are closed and that there are exactly two on some surfaces with constant Gaussian cur…
The paper construct a suitable generalized metrical multi-time Lagrange geometrical model for both gravitational and electromagnetic fields, in a general setting. In this construction, the gravitational potentials are described by a distinguished vertical metrical tensor of the form h/alpha/betae2σ/phiij.
New gravitational energy measure $\Q$ found in higher dimensions.
problem Characterizing local gravitational energy in higher dimensions.
method Study of quasilocal mass proposals in higher dimensions.
result New quantity $\Q$ replaces Bel-Robinson superenergy Q in vacuum limits. In the last few years, machine learning techniques, in particular convolutional neural networks, have been investigated as a method to replace or complement traditional matched filtering techniques that are used to detect the gravitational-wave signature of merging black holes. However, to date, these methods have not …
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 …
Study examines the training process of an unsupervised learning model for detecting gravitational-wave transient noise.
problem Transient noise in gravitational-wave detector data causes instability and signal overlap.
method Unsupervised deep learning with variational autoencoder and invariant information clustering applied to the Gravity Spy dataset.
result Training process of the unsupervised learning architecture is examined and reported.
The paper proves cylindrical nature of singular minimal ruled surfaces.
problem Understanding minimal potential energy surfaces under gravitational forces.
method Analyzing singular minimal ruled surfaces in Euclidean and Lorentz-Minkowski 3-spaces.
result Singular minimal ruled surfaces are cylindrical, including as α-catenary cylinders.
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.
Unsupervised learning classifies transient noise in gravitational wave detectors.
problem Transient noise interferes with gravitational wave signals, causing instability.
method Combines variational autoencoder and invariant information clustering.
result Consistent classification with Gravity Spy project labels.
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.
Next-generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments will have lower noise and therefore increased sensitivity, enabling improved constraints on fundamental physics parameters such as the sum of neutrino masses and the tensor-to-scalar ratio r. Achieving competitive constraints on these parameters requires hig…
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.
Unified approach to constructing integrable systems using Stäckel lifts.
problem Constructing new integrable Hamiltonian systems.
method Generalized Stäckel geometry and Haantjes structure.
result Hamiltonian systems with momentum-dependent Stäckel matrices exhibit symplectic-Haantjes structures.
The generalization of Bertrand's theorem to abstract surfaces of revolution without "equators" is proved. We prove a criterion for the existence on such a surface of exactly two central potentials (up to an additive and a multiplicative constants) all of whose bounded nonsingular orbits are closed and which admit a bou…
Classifies gravitational instantons with quadratic volume growth.
problem Classifying gravitational instantons with specific growth properties.
method Proves a classification theorem for ALG∗ gravitational instantons, determines topology, and proves existence of uniform coordinates. result Proves a relationship between ALG gravitational instantons of different orders.
Survey of recent progress in gravitational instantons
problem Classification of hyperkähler and Hermitian gravitational instantons
method Survey of recent progress in gravitational instantons
result Survey of recent progress in gravitational instantons
The paper proves unique characterization of gravitational instantons with specific volume growth.
problem Characterizing gravitational instantons with quadratic volume growth.
method Defining a period mapping and proving its surjectivity and openness.
result The periods uniquely characterize ALG∗ and ALG gravitational instantons up to diffeomorphism. Starting from a relativistic phenomenology of anyons in crystals, we discuss the concept of relativistic interaction and the need to unify electromagnetism and gravitation within the Spencer cohomology of Lie equations. Then, from the sophisticated non-linear Spencer complex of the Poincaré and conformal Lie pseudogrou…
Period maps surjective for certain gravitational instantons.
problem Understanding the uniformization of gravitational instantons.
method Uniformization theorems by Chen--Chen, Chen--Viaclovsky, Collins--Jacob--Lin, and Hein--Sun--Viaclovsky--Zhang.
result Period maps surjective for ALH*, ALG, and ALG* gravitational instantons.
Authors prove Torelli theorem for a specific type of gravitational instantons.
problem Identifying diffeomorphism types of gravitational instantons.
method Using mirror special Lagrangian fibrations and recent work on rational elliptic surfaces.
result Identify 10 diffeomorphism types of ALHb∗ gravitational instantons. This is our third paper in a series on the gravitational instantons. In this paper, we classify ALG and ALH gravitational instantons. In ALG case, we extend Hein's construction slightly and show that it's the only ALG gravitational instanton. In ALH case, we prove a Torelli-type theorem.
Gravitational instantons are non-Kähler, providing a counterexample to Euclidean Black Hole Uniqueness.
problem Classical Euclidean Black Hole Uniqueness conjecture
method Analyzing the Chen-Teo gravitational instanton
result The Chen-Teo instanton is Hermitian and non-Kähler
Existence proved for specific types of gravitational instantons.
problem Existence of toric ALE and ALF gravitational instantons.
method Established existence and uniqueness results for ALE and ALF gravitational instantons.
result Existence of a unique, Ricci-flat, toric ALE and ALF gravitational instanton for every admissible rod structure.
This is our second paper in a series to study gravitational instantons, i.e. complete hyperkäler 4-manifolds with faster than quadratic curvature decay. We prove two main theorems: 1.The asymptotic rate of gravitational instantons to the standard models can be improved automatically. 2.Any ALF-D_k gravitational instant…
The holographic description in the presence of gravitational Chern-Simons term is studied. The modified gravitational equations are integrated by using the Fefferman-Graham expansion and the holographic stress-energy tensor is identified. The stress-energy tensor has both conformal anomaly and gravitational or, if re-f…
Proves infinitesimal rigidity of Hermitian gravitational instantons.
problem Understanding the moduli space of Hermitian gravitational instantons.
method Proof of infinitesimal rigidity and integrability using boundary conditions and conformal Kähler properties.
result Completes the understanding of Hermitian gravitational instantons, both compact and non-compact.
Study proves interaction of three impulsive gravitational waves, showing local solution and Lipschitz continuity.
problem Interaction of three impulsive gravitational waves in Einstein vacuum equations.
method Geometric estimates and wave estimates to prove local solution and continuity.
result Local solution to Einstein vacuum equations with three impulsive gravitational waves, Lipschitz continuity.
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.
New approach proves existence of gravitating vortices on Riemann surfaces.
problem Existence of gravitating vortices on Riemann surfaces.
method Symplectic reduction by stages and reduced α-K-energy. result Existence of solutions implies polystability of effective divisors.
Review of gravitational instantons in physics.
problem Understanding solutions to Einstein equations in four dimensions.
method Lecture review of examples.
result Examples of gravitational instantons.
Gravitational instantons collapse to a punctured plane with a special Kahler metric.
problem The collapse of gravitational instantons from a complex structure limit.
method Analysis of a sequence of ALH*-gravitational instantons and their collapse to a punctured plane.
result The moduli space of pointed ALH*-gravitational instantons collapses to a punctured plane with a special Kahler metric.
The holographic duality can be extended to include quantum theories with broken coordinate invariance leading to the appearance of the gravitational anomalies. On the gravity side one adds the gravitational Chern-Simons term to the bulk action which gauge invariance is only up to the boundary terms. We analyze in detai…
Researchers embed gravitational instantons in higher-dimensional spaces.
problem Embedding gravitational instantons in higher-dimensional spaces.
method Construct isometric and conformally isometric embeddings of gravitational instantons in R8 and R7. result Embedding class of the Einstein--Maxwell instanton is equal to 3.
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 …
Ehlers-Kundt conjecture is a physical assertion about the fundamental role of plane waves for the description of gravitational waves. Mathematically, it becomes equivalent to a problem on the Euclidean plane R2 with a very simple formulation in Classical Mechanics: given a non-necessarily autonomous potent…
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.
Hyperelastic bodies in Riemannian manifolds can levitate due to curvature-induced forces.
problem Hyperelastic bodies in Riemannian manifolds can levitate due to curvature-induced forces.
method Numerical simulations of static solutions to a particular class of problems in hyperelastic mechanics.
result Hyperelastic bodies in Riemannian manifolds can levitate due to curvature-induced forces.
In this paper we explicitly calculate the analogue of the 't Hooft SU(2) Yang--Mills instantons on Gibbons--Hawking multi-centered gravitational instantons which come in two parallel families: the multi-Eguchi--Hanson, or A_k ALE gravitational instantons and the multi-Taub--NUT, or A_k ALF gravitational instantons. We …
Study of twistor spaces and minitwistor spaces for ALE gravitational instantons.
problem Characterizing the geometry of ALE gravitational instantons of type Amodd. method Analyzing the base locus of linear systems and using distinguished twistor lines.
result Explicit determination of images of certain twistor lines and description of real minitwistor lines.
Study on mode stability of gravitational instantons of type D.
problem Proving mode stability of gravitational instantons of type D.
method Analogous to Lorentzian case, analyze Weyl curvature scalars satisfying a separable Teukolsky equation.
result Prove mode stability, showing no solutions compatible with regularity and asymptotic flatness.
The paper studies gravitational instantons with flat limits and finds elliptic regularity estimates.
problem Analyzing gravitational instantons with flat limits using elliptic analysis.
method Establishing elliptic regularity estimates and showing uniform constants for a family of metrics.
result The Laplacian is Fredholm and an isomorphism between specific weighted spaces.
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.
Researchers construct explicit bundles for ALF metrics, revealing rational patching matrices for gravitational instantons.
problem Constructing explicit toric Ricci-flat metrics and their associated bundles.
method Explicit construction of patching matrices for ALF metrics and gravitational instantons.
result Rational form of patching matrices for gravitational instantons in the Chen--Teo family.
This paper is the sequel of our previous article "From ALE to ALF gravitational instantons", where we constructed ALF hyperkahler metrics on minimal resolutions of dihedral Kleinian singularities. In the present article we generalize the construction to smooth deformations of these Kleinian singularities, with help of …
We develop a gluing construction which adds scaled and truncated asymptotically Euclidean solutions of the Einstein constraint equations to compact solutions with potentially non-trivial cosmological constants. The result is a one-parameter family of initial data which has ordinary and scaled "point-particle" limits an…
The paper constructs gravitational instantons with unique collapse patterns.
problem Creating gravitational instantons with specific geometric properties.
method Using gluing construction, the metric collapses to quotients of R^3 with specific patterns.
result The constructed gravitational instantons have unique collapse patterns and exceptional points.