The positive mass conjecture with a noncompact boundary

Let NnN^n be an asymptotically flat Riemannian manifold of dimension n3n\geq 3 and order p>n22p>\frac{n-2}{2}, with integrable scalar curvature RgR_g and integrable mean curvature HgH_g on its noncompact boundary. Suppose that an end of NN is modeled on R+n\mathbb{R}^n_+ outside a compact set, and let m(g)m(g) be the corresponding mass. Positive mass conjecture with a noncompact boundary. If Rg,Hg0R_g,H_g\geq 0, then

m(g)0,m(g)\geq 0,

and equality holds if and only if NN is isometric to R+n\mathbb{R}^n_+. The source notes that the corresponding theorem is available in the spin case through the cited boundary extension, but does not state a complete resolution of the conjecture in general.

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Sergio Almaraz and Liming Sun, “Convergence of the Yamabe flow on manifolds with minimal boundary”, arXiv:1604.06789 (2018).

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