Asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with small mass (Q393721)

The mass of an asymptotically hyperbolic Riemannian manifold is a geometric invariant which has been introduced by \textit{X. Wang} [J. Differ. Geom. 57, No. 2, 273--299 (2001; Zbl 1037.53017)], respectively by \textit{P. T. Chruściel} and \textit{M. Herzlich} [Pac. J. Math. 212, No. 2, 231--264 (2004; Zbl 1056.53025)] using different approaches. A positive mass theorem is proved for spin manifolds using an adaptation of Witten's spinor argument and asserts that a complete asymptotically hyperbolic spin manifold of dimension \(n\) must have non-negative mass if its scalar curvature is at least equal to \(-n(n-1)\). For asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds of dimension \(n\) with scalar curvature at least equal to \(-n(n-1)\) the conjectured positive mass theorem states that the mass is non-negative, and vanishes only if the manifold is isometric to hyperbolic space. In this paper the authors study asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds which are also conformally hyperbolic outside a ball of fixed radius, and for which the positive mass theorem holds. For such manifolds it is proved that the conformal factor tends to one as the mass tends to zero.