Bray and Khuri's generalized Penrose inequality

About 17 years old · traced to

Let (Σ,γij,Aij)(\Sigma,\gamma_{ij},A_{ij}) be an asymptotically Euclidean initial data set that is Schwarzschild at infinity, with total mass MADMM_{ADM} in a chosen end, and satisfying the dominant energy condition ρ≥∣J⃗∣\rho\geq |\vec{J}|. Let SS be a closed surface bounding an open set Ω\Omega containing all asymptotically Euclidean ends except the chosen one. Assume that SS is a generalized trapped surface with respect to the normal pointing towards the chosen end. Let Smin⁡=∂Ωmin⁡S_{\min}=\partial\Omega_{\min} be the minimal-area enclosure of SS, meaning that Ω⊂Ωmin⁡\Omega\subset\Omega_{\min} and Smin⁡S_{\min} has least area among all surfaces with this property. Bray and Khuri's conjecture. One should have

MADM≥∣Smin⁡∣16π.M_{ADM}\geq\sqrt{\frac{|S_{\min}|}{16\pi}}.

Equality occurs if and only if (Σ∖Ωmin⁡,γij,Aij)(\Sigma\setminus\Omega_{\min},\gamma_{ij},A_{ij}) is the induced data of an embedding of Σ∖Ωmin⁡\Sigma\setminus\Omega_{\min} into the Kruskal spacetime such that Smin⁡S_{\min} is mapped to a generalized apparent horizon. This is a proposed version of the Penrose inequality for general initial data; its status is not established in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Marc Mars, “Present status of the Penrose inequality”, arXiv:0906.5566 (2009).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.