A rigidity theorem for nonvacuum initial data

DOI10.1063/1.1421422MaRDI QIDQ4830692zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gábor Etesi

Publication date 14 December 2004

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0101006

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: In this note we prove a theorem on non-vacuum initial data for general relativity. The result presents a ``rigidity phenomenon for the extrinsic curvature, caused by the non-positive scalar curvature. More precisely, we state that in the case of asymptotically flat non-vacuum initial data if the metric has everywhere non-positive scalar curvature then the extrinsic curvature cannot be compactly supported.

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