The Jang Equation and the Positive Mass Theorem in the Asymptotically Hyperbolic Setting

We solve the Jang equation with respect to asymptotically hyperbolic “hyperboloidal” initial data. The results are applied to give a non-spinor proof of the positive mass theorem in the asymptotically hyperbolic setting. This work focuses on the case when the spatial dimension is equal to three.

All Higher-Dimensional Majumdar–Papapetrou Black Holes

We prove that the only asymptotically flat spacetimes with a suitably regular event horizon, in a generalised Majumdar–Papapetrou class of solutions to higher-dimensional Einstein–Maxwell theory, are the standard multi-black holes. The proof involves a careful analysis of the near-horizon geometry and an extension of the positive mass theorem to Riemannian manifolds with conical singularities. This completes the classification of asymptotically flat, static, extreme black hole solutions in this theory.

Initial Data Rigidity Results

We prove several rigidity results related to the spacetime positive mass theorem. A key step is to show that certain marginally outer trapped surfaces are weakly outermost. As a special case, our results include a rigidity result for Riemannian manifolds with a lower bound on their scalar curvature.

Limiting Case of the Spin Hypersurface Dirac Operator arising in the positive mass theorem for black holes

In this paper, we give an explicit form of the scalar curvaure for the limiting case of the eigenvalue of the hypersurface Dirac operator which arises in the positive mass theorem for black holes. Then, we show that the hypersurface is an Einstein.