This paper completes the classification of S1-symmetric static vacuum black holes.
problem Identifying all S1-symmetric static vacuum black hole solutions.
method Analyzing and constructing known solutions and proving their completeness.
result Proves that the Schwarzschild, Boost, and Weyl-Korotkin-Nicolai families exhaust all S1-symmetric static vacuum black hole solutions.
Classifies static vacuum black holes in 3+1 dimensions.
problem Uniqueness of static vacuum black holes with compact horizons.
method Conformal geometry and comparison geometry techniques.
result All static vacuum black holes are either Boost, Schwarzschild, or Myers/Korotkin-Nicolai type.
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.
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.
Classifies static vacuum black holes with compact horizons.
problem Uniqueness of static vacuum black hole solutions.
method Thorough analysis of static data sets with S1-symmetry and investigation of black hole ends. result Proves the classification of static vacuum black holes into specific types.
New black hole solutions cannot be rotated without breaking their structure.
problem Proving certain static black hole solutions cannot be deformed into rotating black holes.
method Analyzing specific MKN solutions and proving their static rigidity.
result Proved that some static black hole solutions cannot be deformed into axisymmetric stationary black holes with angular momentum.
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…
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.
AdS uniqueness and black hole energy bounds proven.
problem Proving uniqueness of Anti-de Sitter spacetime and energy bounds for AdS black holes.
method Adapted Wang's proof to static asymptotically locally hyperbolic vacuum metrics and higher-genus horizons.
result Negativity of free energy E−TS for AdS black holes with higher-genus horizons. Study vacuum static spaces with vanishing Bach and Weyl tensors, proving harmonicity and rigidity results.
problem Characterizing vacuum static spaces with specific tensor properties.
method Analyzing the complete divergence of Bach and Weyl tensors, proving conditions for harmonicity and rigidity.
result Proves the vanishing of complete divergence of Bach and Weyl tensors implies harmonicity of the metric.
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.
Constructed static vacuum metrics in 5D with negative cosmological constant.
problem Finding static vacuum solutions in 5D with negative cosmological constant.
method Numerically constructed two families of metrics with squashed conformal infinity.
result Constructed metrics with squashed conformal infinity conformal to any squashed 3D sphere.
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.
We construct a large class of new singularity-free static Lorentzian four-dimensional solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations with a negative cosmological constant. The new families of metrics contain space-times with, or without, black hole regions. Two uniqueness results are also established.
New static black hole uniqueness theorems for negative cosmological constant.
problem Uniqueness of static black holes in asymptotically locally hyperbolic spaces.
method Inequality relating surface gravity and topology, rigidity of Kottler black holes, monotone quantities under IMCF, regularity theorem for IMCF.
result Static black holes are uniquely determined by their geometry and topology.
We construct new classes of exact solutions of the 4D vacuum Einstein equations which describe ellipsoidal black holes, black tori and combined black hole -- black tori configurations. The solutions can be static or with anisotropic polarizations and running constants. They are defined by off--diagonal metric ansatz wh…
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…
We show that the recent work of Lee [23] implies existence of a large class of new singularity-free strictly static Lorentzian vacuum solutions of the Einstein equations with a negative cosmological constant. This holds in all space-time dimensions greater than or equal to four, and leads both to strictly static soluti…
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.
The horizon and geodesic structure of static configurations generated by anisotropic conformal transforms of the Schwarzschild metric is analyzed. We construct the maximal analytic extension of such off--diagonal vacuum metrics and conclude that for small deformations there are different classes of vacuum solutions of …
Proves uniqueness of near-horizon geometries from degenerate Kerr black holes.
problem Proving uniqueness of near-horizon geometries from degenerate Kerr black holes.
method Proof of uniqueness within the collection of nearby vacuum near-horizon geometries.
result Uniqueness of near-horizon geometries from degenerate Kerr black holes proven.
A complete characterization is obtained of the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the static vacuum Einstein equations which have a (pseudo)-compact horizon or boundary and are complete away from the boundary. It is proved that the time-symmetric space-like hypersurface has only finitely many ends, each of which is ei…
Study optimizes mass bounds for black holes and de Sitter spacetimes.
problem Optimizing mass bounds for static metrics with positive cosmological constant.
method Rigorous mathematical proofs of area bounds and rigidity statements.
result Proves optimal area bounds for horizons of black hole and cosmological types.
It is formulated a new 'anholonomic frame' method of constructing exact solutions of Einstein equations with off--diagonal metrics in 4D and 5D gravity. The previous approaches and results are summarized and generalized as three theorems which state the conditions when two types of ansatz result in integrable gravitati…
Study proves no degenerate horizons in static vacua.
problem Existence of degenerate horizons in static vacua.
method Differential geometry and Bakry-Émery-Ricci bounds.
result Degenerate horizons do not exist in static vacuum configurations.
We study the perturbations of two classes of static black ellipsoid solutions of four dimensional vacuum Einstein equations. Such solutions are described by generic off--diagonal metrics which are generated by anholonomic transforms of diagonal metrics. The analysis is performed in the approximation of small eccentrici…
The 'anholonomic frame' method (see gr-qc/0005025, gr-qc/0001060 and hep-th/0110250) is applied for constructing new classes of exact solutions of vacuum Einstein equations with off-diagonal metrics in 4D and 5D gravity. We examine several black tori solutions generated by anholonomic transforms with non-trivial topolo…
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.
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…
New black hole solutions with lens space horizons in 5D Kaluza-Klein theory.
problem Finding black hole solutions with specific horizon topologies.
method Formally asymptotically flat black hole solutions constructed through Kaluza-Klein reduction.
result Explicit construction of regular black hole solutions with L(p,q) horizons. Counterexample found to estimate for skew-symmetric tensors.
problem Estimate for skew-symmetric tensors was claimed and used for classification results.
method Analysis of the estimate in arXiv:2103.15482.
result Counterexample disproves the estimate for skew-symmetric tensors.
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.
Study on the interior of rotating vacuum black holes, proving stability of Cauchy horizon.
problem Stability of Cauchy horizon in rotating vacuum black holes.
method Maximal Cauchy evolution extension across non-trivial piece of Cauchy horizon.
result Continuous metric Cauchy horizon can be extended across a non-trivial piece of Cauchy horizon.
Study of stationary vacuum black holes in 5D spacetime.
problem Asymptotically flat bi-axially symmetric stationary solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations.
method Solving axially symmetric harmonic map equations from R^3 into SL(3,R)/SO(3).
result First candidates for smooth vacuum non-degenerate black lenses produced.
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…
New 5D black hole solutions with special asymptotic structures.
problem Finding new stationary vacuum black hole solutions in 5D.
method Solving harmonic map problem with prescribed singularities.
result Explicit examples of bi-axisymmetric stationary vacuum black holes with novel asymptotic structures.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
New insights into black hole horizons from asymptotic expansions.
problem Understanding the geometry of black hole horizons.
method Proving the asymptotic expansion of spacetime metrics at non-degenerate Killing horizons.
result The full asymptotic expansion of smooth vacuum metrics at non-degenerate Killing horizons is determined by the horizon geometry.
New gravitational solitons and infinite topological manifolds found.
problem Finding new gravitational solitons and Riemannian manifolds.
method Space-periodic solutions of Einstein equations, quotients, Wick rotation.
result Complete Ricci flat Riemannian manifolds of infinite topological type.
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.
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.
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 bounds on black hole topology without symmetry assumptions.
problem Understanding the topology of extreme black holes without symmetry constraints.
method Using near-horizon geometries and m-quasi Einstein metrics, combined with generalizations of the splitting theorem. result Refined classifications of black hole topologies without symmetry assumptions.
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.