A level set analysis of the Witten spinor with applications to curvature estimates

DOI10.4310/MRL.2009.V16.N1.A5MaRDI QIDQ1012965zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Felix Finster

Publication date 28 April 2009

Published in Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701864

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotically flat spin manifoldDirac operatorisoperimetric constantspectral boundtotal massvolume bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27)

Abstract: We analyze the level sets of the norm of the Witten spinor in an asymptotically flat Riemannian spin manifold of positive scalar curvature. Level sets of small area are constructed. We prove curvature estimates which quantify that, if the total mass becomes small, the manifold becomes flat with the exception of a set of small surface area. These estimates involve either a volume bound or a spectral bound for the Dirac operator on a conformal compactification, but they are independent of the isoperimetric constant.

Review text

The paper under review is a sound and thorough presentation of results concerning the level sets of the norm of the Witten spinor in an asymptotically flat spin manifold of positive scalar curvature. The author shows curvature estimates, which quantify, if the total mass becomes small, that the manifold becomes flat with the exception of a set of small surface area, instead of a small volume as in previous papers [\textit{H. Bray} and \textit{F. Finster}, Commun. Anal. Geom. 10, No.~2, 291--306 (2002; Zbl 1030.53041); \textit{F. Finster} and \textit{I. Kath}, Commun. Anal. Geom. 10, No.~5, 1017--1031 (2002; Zbl 1041.53027)]. The given estimates require either a volume bound or a spectral bound for the Dirac operator on a conformal compactification and are independent of the isoperimetric constant.

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