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20182026
most citedA Positive Mass Theorem for Manifolds with Boundary

10 citations · 32 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

gr-qc2026

Classification of Maximally Charged Black Holes

Sven Hirsch, Yiyue Zhang

We characterize all maximally charged black hole spacetimes in dimensions. More precisely, given any initial data set saturating the mass-charge inequality that sat…

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.DG2026

On a Variant of the Penrose Conjecture

Sven Hirsch, Yipeng Wang

We give a counterexample to a recently conjectured variant of the Penrose inequality.

math.DG2026

Stable -systoles, scalar curvature and spin comass bounds

Simone Cecchini, Sven Hirsch, Rudolf Zeidler

We prove a sharp stable -systolic inequality for complex projective space under the scalar curvature lower bound of the normalized Fubini-Study metric. If is diffeomorphic t…

gr-qc2026

The Spacetime Positive Mass Theorem with Multiple Time Dimensions

Sven Hirsch, Alec Payne, Yiyue Zhang

We generalize the spacetime positive mass theorem to include multiple time dimensions. In particular, we show that the mass remains nonnegative in the sense that the energy is…

gr-qc2025

Causal character of imaginary Killing spinors and spinorial slicings

Sven Hirsch, Yiyue Zhang

We characterize spin initial data sets that saturate the BPS bound in the asymptotically AdS setting. This includes both gravitational waves and rotating black holes in higher dime…

math.DG2024

Rigidity of Asymptotically Hyperboloidal Initial Data Sets with Vanishing Mass

Sven Hirsch, Hyun Chul Jang, Yiyue Zhang

In Special Relativity, massless objects are characterized as either vacuum states or as radiation propagating at the speed of light. This distinction extends to General Relativity…

gr-qc2024★ 1 cited

Initial data sets with vanishing mass are contained in pp-wave spacetimes

Sven Hirsch, Yiyue Zhang

In 1981, Schoen-Yau and Witten showed that in General Relativity both the total energy and the total mass of an initial data set modeling an isolated gravitational system a…

math.DG2023

Stability of Llarull's theorem in all dimensions

Sven Hirsch, Yiyue Zhang

Llarull's theorem characterizes the round sphere among all spin manifolds whose scalar curvature is bounded from below by . In this paper we show that if the scalar c…

math.DG2023★ 1 cited

Spectral Torical Band Inequalities and Generalizations of the Schoen-Yau Black Hole Existence Theorem

Sven Hirsch, Demetre Kazaras, Marcus Khuri +1

Generalized torical band inequalities give precise upper bounds for the width of compact manifolds with boundary in terms of positive pointwise lower bounds for scalar curvature, a…

math.DG2022★ 1 cited

Monotone quantities of -harmonic functions and their applications

Sven Hirsch, Pengzi Miao, Luen-Fai Tam

We derive local and global monotonic quantities associated to -harmonic functions on manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. As applications, we obtain inequalities relatin…

math.DG2022

Hawking Mass Monotonicity for Initial Data Sets

Sven Hirsch

We introduce new systems of PDE on initial data sets whose solutions model double-null foliations. This allows us to generalize Geroch's monotonicity formula for the Hawk…

math.DG2022★ 1 cited

Rigid comparison geometry for Riemannian bands and open incomplete manifolds

Sven Hirsch, Demetre Kazaras, Marcus Khuri +1

Comparison theorems are foundational to our understanding of the geometric features implied by various curvature constraints. This paper considers manifolds with a positive lower b…

math.DG2022

A generalization of Geroch's conjecture

Simon Brendle, Sven Hirsch, Florian Johne

The Theorem of Bonnet--Myers implies that manifolds with topology do not admit a metric of positive Ricci curvature, while the resolution of Geroch's…

math.DG2022

The case of equality for the spacetime positive mass theorem

Sven Hirsch, Yiyue Zhang

The rigidity of the spacetime positive mass theorem states that an initial data set satisfying the dominant energy condition with vanishing mass can be isometrically embe…

math.DG2021★ 6 cited

Spacetime Harmonic Functions and Applications to Mass

Hubert Bray, Sven Hirsch, Demetre Kazaras +2

In the pioneering work of Stern, level sets of harmonic functions have been shown to be an effective tool in the study of scalar curvature in dimension 3. Generalizations of this i…

math.DG2020★ 6 cited

Mass of asymptotically flat -manifolds with boundary

Sven Hirsch, Pengzi Miao, Tin-Yau Tsang

We study the mass of asymptotically flat -manifolds with boundary using the method of Bray-Kazaras-Khuri-Stern. More precisely, we derive a mass formula on the union of an asymp…

math.DG2020

Spacetime Harmonic Functions and the Mass of 3-Dimensional Asymptotically Flat Initial Data for the Einstein Equations

Sven Hirsch, Demetre Kazaras, Marcus Khuri

We give a lower bound for the Lorentz length of the ADM energy-momentum vector (ADM mass) of 3-dimensional asymptotically flat initial data sets for the Einstein equations. The bou…

math.AP2020★ 1 cited

Contracting convex surfaces by mean curvature flow with free boundary on convex barriers

Sven Hirsch, Martin Li

We consider the mean curvature flow of compact convex surfaces in Euclidean -space with free boundary lying on an arbitrary convex barrier surface with bounded geometry. When th…

gr-qc2019★ 1 cited

Flatly Foliated Relativity

Hubert Bray, Benjamin Hamm, Sven Hirsch +2

Flatly Foliated Relativity (FFR) is a new theory which conceptually lies between Special Relativity (SR) and General Relativity (GR), in which spacetime is foliated by flat Euclide…

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…

math.DG2018★ 10 cited

A Positive Mass Theorem for Manifolds with Boundary

Sven Hirsch, Pengzi Miao

We derive a positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds with boundary whose mean curvature satisfies a sharp estimate involving the conformal Green's function. The theo…