A relative mass cocycle and the mass of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds

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Autores principales: Cap, Andreas, Gover, A. Rod
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author Cap, Andreas
Gover, A. Rod
author_facet Cap, Andreas
Gover, A. Rod
contents We construct a cocycle that, for a given $n$-manifold, maps pairs of asymptotically locally hyperbolic (ALH) metrics to a tractor-valued $(n-1)$-form field on the conformal infinity. This requires the metrics to be asymptotically related to a given order that depends on the dimension. It then provides a local geometric quantity on the boundary that is naturally associated to the pair and can be interpreted as a relative energy-momentum density. It is distinguished as a geometric object by its property of being invariant under suitable diffeomorphisms fixing the boundary, and that act on (either) one of the argument metrics. Specialising to the case of an ALH metric $h$ that is suitably asymptotically related to a locally hyperbolic conformally compact metric, we show that the cocycle determines an absolute invariant $c(h)$, which still is local in nature. This tractor-valued $(n-1)$-form field on the conformal infinity is canonically associated to $h$ (i.e. is not dependent on other choices) and is equivariant under the appropriate diffeomorphisms. Finally specialising further to the case that the boundary is a sphere and that a metric $h$ is asymptotically related to a hyperbolic metric on the interior, we show that the invariant $c(h)$ can be integrated over the boundary. The result pairs with solutions of the KID (Killing initial data) equation to recover the known description of hyperbolic mass integrals of Wang, and Chruściel--Herzlich.
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spellingShingle A relative mass cocycle and the mass of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds
Cap, Andreas
Gover, A. Rod
Differential Geometry
primary: 53A55, secondary: 53C18, 53C25, 53C80, 83C30, 83C60
We construct a cocycle that, for a given $n$-manifold, maps pairs of asymptotically locally hyperbolic (ALH) metrics to a tractor-valued $(n-1)$-form field on the conformal infinity. This requires the metrics to be asymptotically related to a given order that depends on the dimension. It then provides a local geometric quantity on the boundary that is naturally associated to the pair and can be interpreted as a relative energy-momentum density. It is distinguished as a geometric object by its property of being invariant under suitable diffeomorphisms fixing the boundary, and that act on (either) one of the argument metrics. Specialising to the case of an ALH metric $h$ that is suitably asymptotically related to a locally hyperbolic conformally compact metric, we show that the cocycle determines an absolute invariant $c(h)$, which still is local in nature. This tractor-valued $(n-1)$-form field on the conformal infinity is canonically associated to $h$ (i.e. is not dependent on other choices) and is equivariant under the appropriate diffeomorphisms. Finally specialising further to the case that the boundary is a sphere and that a metric $h$ is asymptotically related to a hyperbolic metric on the interior, we show that the invariant $c(h)$ can be integrated over the boundary. The result pairs with solutions of the KID (Killing initial data) equation to recover the known description of hyperbolic mass integrals of Wang, and Chruściel--Herzlich.
title A relative mass cocycle and the mass of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds
topic Differential Geometry
primary: 53A55, secondary: 53C18, 53C25, 53C80, 83C30, 83C60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.01373