A variational principle for stationary, axisymmetric solutions of Einstein's equations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/23/016MaRDI QIDQ3418977zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sergio Dain

Publication date 5 February 2007

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0508061, http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-4A4B-6

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15)

Abstract: Stationary, axisymmetric, vacuum, solutions of Einstein's equations are obtained as critical points of the total mass among all axisymmetric and $(t,phi)$ symmetric initial data with fixed angular momentum. In this variational principle the mass is written as a positive definite integral over a spacelike hypersurface. It is also proved that if absolute minimum exists then it is equal to the absolute minimum of the mass among all maximal, axisymmetric, vacuum, initial data with fixed angular momentum. Arguments are given to support the conjecture that this minimum exists and is the extreme Kerr initial data.

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