On the geometry of the level sets of bounded static potentials

DOI10.1007/S00220-017-2922-XzbMATH Open1375.53090arXiv1504.04563OpenAlexW2962992347MaRDI QIDQ2408552FDOQ2408552

Authors: Virginia Agostiniani, Lorenzo Mazzieri 

Publication date: 12 October 2017

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we present a new approach to the study of asymptotically flat static metrics arising in general relativity. In the case where the static potential is bounded, we introduce new quantities which are proven to be monotone along the level set flow of the potential function. We then show how to use these properties to detect the rotational symmetry of the static solutions, deriving a number of sharp inequalities. As a consequence of our analysis, a simple proof of the classical $3$-dimensional Black Hole Uniqueness Theorem is recovered and some geometric conditions are discussed under which the same statement holds in higher dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.04563

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian Penrose inequalityblack hole uniquenessasymptotically flat static metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Black holes (83C57)

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