The Mass-Angular Momentum Inequality for Multiple Black Holes

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Auteurs principaux: Han, Qing, Khuri, Marcus, Weinstein, Gilbert, Xiong, Jingang
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author Han, Qing
Khuri, Marcus
Weinstein, Gilbert
Xiong, Jingang
author_facet Han, Qing
Khuri, Marcus
Weinstein, Gilbert
Xiong, Jingang
contents This is the second in a series of two papers to establish the conjectured mass-angular momentum inequality for multiple black holes, modulo the extreme black hole 'no hair theorem'. More precisely it is shown that either there is a counterexample to black hole uniqueness, in the form of a regular axisymmetric stationary vacuum spacetime with an asymptotically flat end and multiple degenerate horizons which is 'ADM minimizing', or the following statement holds. Complete, simply connected, maximal initial data sets for the Einstein equations with multiple ends that are either asymptotically flat or asymptotically cylindrical, admit an ADM mass lower bound given by the square root of total angular momentum, under the assumption of nonnegative energy density and axisymmetry. Moreover, equality is achieved in the mass lower bound only for a constant time slice of an extreme Kerr spacetime. The proof is based on a novel flow of singular harmonic maps with hyperbolic plane target, under which the renormalized harmonic map energy is monotonically nonincreasing. Relevant properties of the flow are achieved through a refined asymptotic analysis of solutions to the harmonic map equations and their linearization.
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spellingShingle The Mass-Angular Momentum Inequality for Multiple Black Holes
Han, Qing
Khuri, Marcus
Weinstein, Gilbert
Xiong, Jingang
Differential Geometry
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Analysis of PDEs
This is the second in a series of two papers to establish the conjectured mass-angular momentum inequality for multiple black holes, modulo the extreme black hole 'no hair theorem'. More precisely it is shown that either there is a counterexample to black hole uniqueness, in the form of a regular axisymmetric stationary vacuum spacetime with an asymptotically flat end and multiple degenerate horizons which is 'ADM minimizing', or the following statement holds. Complete, simply connected, maximal initial data sets for the Einstein equations with multiple ends that are either asymptotically flat or asymptotically cylindrical, admit an ADM mass lower bound given by the square root of total angular momentum, under the assumption of nonnegative energy density and axisymmetry. Moreover, equality is achieved in the mass lower bound only for a constant time slice of an extreme Kerr spacetime. The proof is based on a novel flow of singular harmonic maps with hyperbolic plane target, under which the renormalized harmonic map energy is monotonically nonincreasing. Relevant properties of the flow are achieved through a refined asymptotic analysis of solutions to the harmonic map equations and their linearization.
title The Mass-Angular Momentum Inequality for Multiple Black Holes
topic Differential Geometry
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.15093