Maximal static vacuum immersion conjecture

Let (γ,H)(\gamma,H) be Bartnik boundary data on S2S^2, normalized by areaγ(S2)=1\operatorname{area}_{\gamma}(S^2)=1. A maximal static vacuum solution is an asymptotically flat static vacuum triple (M,g,u)(M,g,u) with u>0u>0 that admits no proper smooth extension as a static vacuum solution. Maximal static vacuum immersion conjecture. There is a constant H1>0H_1>0 such that, if

HH1>0,H\geq H_1>0,

then there is a maximal static vacuum solution (M,g,u)(M,g,u) and an immersion F:S2MF:S^2\rightarrow M realizing (γ,H)(\gamma,H), meaning that the induced boundary data on F(S2)F(S^2) are (γ,H)(\gamma,H). The conjecture is a more reasonable replacement for the unrestricted maximal static-vacuum immersion problem, which is incompatible with earlier obstructions; its general validity is open.

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Michael T. Anderson, “Recent progress and problems on the Bartnik quasi-local mass”, arXiv:1903.03822 (2019).

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