The positive mass conjecture for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with boundary

Let (M,g,Σ)(M,g,\Sigma) be an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold with scalar curvature RgR_g and boundary mean curvature HgH_g satisfying

Rgn(n1),Hg0.R_g\geq -n(n-1),\qquad H_g\geq 0.

For any admissible chart FF, let P[F]\mathcal P^{[F]} be the mass vector, regarded in the Lorentzian space associated with the isometry group of (H+n,b,H+n)(\mathbb H^n_+,b,\partial\mathbb H^n_+). Positive mass conjecture. For every admissible chart FF, the vector P[F]\mathcal P^{[F]} is time-like and future directed, unless it vanishes and (M,g,Σ)(M,g,\Sigma) is isometric to (H+n,b,H+n)(\mathbb H^n_+,b,\partial\mathbb H^n_+).

This conjecture is the asymptotically hyperbolic analogue of the positive mass statement, with the hyperbolic half-space as the reference geometry and rigidity at zero mass. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Sergio Almaraz and Levi Lopes de Lima, “The mass of an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold with a noncompact boundary”, arXiv:1811.06913 (2019).

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