Area-angular momentum inequality for multiple black holes

Let (M,g,k)(M,g,k) be a simply connected, axially symmetric, maximal initial data set with multiple ends, one (Mend1)(M_{\text{end}}^{1}) asymptotically flat and the others (Mendi)(M_{\text{end}}^{i}), i=2,,Ii=2,\ldots,I either asymptotically flat or asymptotically cylindrical. If the dominant energy condition is satisfied, and Piηi=0P_i\eta^i=0, then let JJ be the sum of the angular momenta and let AA be the sum of the areas of the stable minimal surfaces enclosing each end MendiM_{\text{end}}^{i}, i=2,,Ii=2,\ldots,I. Multiple-black-hole area-angular momentum conjecture. One should have

A8πm2m4J2.\frac{A}{8\pi}\geq m^2-\sqrt{m^4-J^2}.

Moreover, equality should hold if and only if the initial data arise from an extreme Kerr spacetime. The inequality extends the corresponding single-black-hole area-angular momentum inequality to multiple black holes; unlike the charged case, additivity of area and subadditivity of total angular momentum support the proposed bound. The statement remains open in the source.

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Sergio Dain, Marcus Khuri, Gilbert Weinstein and Sumio Yamada, “Lower Bounds for the Area of Black Holes in Terms of Mass, Charge, and Angular Momentum”, arXiv:1306.4739 (2013).

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