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most citedDensity and positive mass theorems for initial data sets with boundary

13 citations · 76 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

math.DG2026

The Hyperboloidal and Spacetime Positive Mass Theorem in All Dimensions

Sven Hirsch, Marcus Khuri, Martin Lesourd +1

Using the recent work of Brendle--Wang on the Riemannian positive mass theorem, we prove the spacetime positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat and asymptotically hyperboloida…

math.DG2023★ 2 cited

Positive mass theorems for spin initial data sets with arbitrary ends and dominant energy shields

Simone Cecchini, Martin Lesourd, Rudolf Zeidler

We prove a positive mass theorem for spin initial data sets that contain an asymptotically flat end and a shield of dominant energy (a subset of on which the dominant…

physics.hist-ph2023★ 13 cited

The Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration: History, Philosophy, and Culture

Peter Galison, Juliusz Doboszewski, Jamee Elder +22

This white paper outlines the plans of the History Philosophy Culture Working Group of the Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

math.DG2022★ 2 cited

Noncompact Fill-Ins of Bartnik Data

Dan A. Lee, Martin Lesourd, Ryan Unger

We generalize Y. Shi and L.-F.\ Tam's \cite{ShiTam} nonnegativity result for the Brown-York mass, by considering nonnegative scalar curvature (NNSC) fill-ins that need only be comp…

math.DG2022★ 1 cited

Density and positive mass theorems for incomplete manifolds

Dan A. Lee, Martin Lesourd, Ryan Unger

For manifolds with a distinguished asymptotically flat end, we prove a density theorem which produces harmonic asymptotics on the distinguished end, while allowing for points of in…

math.DG2021★ 13 cited

Density and positive mass theorems for initial data sets with boundary

Dan A. Lee, Martin Lesourd, Ryan Unger

We prove a harmonic asymptotics density theorem for asymptotically flat initial data sets with compact boundary that satisfy the dominant energy condition. We use this to settle th…

gr-qc2021★ 3 cited

Low regularity extensions beyond Cauchy horizons

Martin Lesourd, Ettore Minguzzi

We prove that if in a spacetime endowed with a merely continuous metric, a complete partial Cauchy hypersurface has nonempty Cauchy horizon, then the horizon is caused by the prese…

gr-qc2021★ 2 cited

Topological censorship in spacetimes compatible with

Martin Lesourd, Eric Ling

Currently available topological censorship theorems are meant for gravitationally isolated black hole spacetimes with cosmological constant or . Here, we prove a topolog…

math.DG2021★ 6 cited

The Positive Mass Theorem with Arbitrary Ends

Martin Lesourd, Ryan Unger, Shing-Tung Yau

We prove a Riemannian positive mass theorem for manifolds with a single asymptotically flat end, but otherwise arbitrary other ends, which can be incomplete and contain negative sc…

gr-qc2021

Observations and predictions from past lightcones

Martin Lesourd

In a general Lorentzian manifold M, the past lightcone of a point is a proper subset of M that does not carry enough information to determine the rest of M. That said, if M is a gl…

math.DG2020★ 6 cited

Positive Scalar Curvature on Noncompact Manifolds and the Liouville Theorem

Martin Lesourd, Ryan Unger, Shing-Tung Yau

Using minimal hypersurfaces, we obtain topological obstructions to admitting complete metrics with positive scalar curvature on a given class of non-compact n-manifolds with n less…

math.DG2020

Stable Surfaces and Free Boundary Marginally Outer Trapped Surfaces

Aghil Alaee, Martin Lesourd, Shing-Tung Yau

We explore various notions of stability for surfaces embedded and immersed in spacetimes and initial data sets. The interest in such surfaces lies in their potential to go beyond t…

math.AP2020

Construction of Cauchy data for the dynamical formation of apparent horizons and the Penrose Inequality

Nikolaos Athanasiou, Martin Lesourd

Based on scale critical initial data, we construct smooth asymptotically flat Cauchy initial data for the Einstein vacuum system that does not contain Marginally Outer Trapped Surf…

math.DG2019★ 6 cited

A localized spacetime Penrose inequality and horizon detection with quasi-local mass

Aghil Alaee, Martin Lesourd, Shing-Tung Yau

For an admissible class of smooth compact initial data sets with boundary, we prove a comparison theorem between the Wang/Liu-Yau quasi-local mass of the boundary and the Hawking m…

math.DG2019★ 4 cited

On the Moduli Space of Asymptotically Flat Manifolds with Boundary and the Constraint Equations

Sven Hirsch, Martin Lesourd

Let be a closed -manifold, the space of metrics on with positive scalar curvature, and the group of diffeomorphisms of . Marques…

gr-qc2019

Null geodesic incompleteness of spacetimes with no CMC Cauchy surfaces

Madeleine Burkhart, Martin Lesourd, Daniel Pollack

Chruściel, Isenberg, and Pollack constructed a class of vacuum cosmological spacetimes that do not admit Cauchy surfaces with constant mean curvature. We prove that, for sufficient…

gr-qc2018★ 1 cited

Cosmological singularities from high matter density without global topological assumptions

Martin Lesourd

Cosmological singularity theorems such as that of Hawking and Penrose assume local curvature conditions as well as global ones like the existence of a compact (achronal) slice. Her…

gr-qc2018★ 6 cited

Causal structure of evaporating black holes

Martin Lesourd

We offer a mathematically rigorous basis for the widely held suspicion that full black hole evaporation is in tension with predictability. Based on conditions expressing the global…

gr-qc2018★ 4 cited

A new singularity theorem for black holes which allows chronology violation in the interior

Martin Lesourd

The interior of the Kerr solution is singular and achronological. The classic singularity theorem by Hawking and Penrose relies on chronology, and thus does not apply to the Kerr s…

gr-qc2017★ 7 cited

Hawking's area theorem with a weaker energy condition

Martin Lesourd

Hawking's area theorem is a fundamental result in black hole theory that is universally associated with the null energy condition. That this condition can be weakened is illustrate…