Non-spin extension of the tilted spacetime positive mass theorem

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Let (Mn3,g,k,E,Σ)(M^{n\geq 3},g,k,\mathcal{E},\Sigma) be an nn-dimensional complete asymptotically flat initial data set with arbitrary ends and a non-compact boundary, satisfying the interior dominant energy condition μJ0\mu-|J|\geq 0 and the tilted boundary dominant energy condition

HΣ±cosαtrΣksinαk(η,)H_{\Sigma} \pm \cos\alpha\, \operatorname{tr}_{\Sigma}k \geq \sin\alpha\, |k(\eta, \cdot)^{\top}|

for some α[0,π2]\alpha\in [0,\frac{\pi}{2}]. Let EEE_{\mathcal{E}} and PEP_{\mathcal{E}} denote the ADM energy and momentum, and let (PE)n(P_{\mathcal{E}})_n and P^E\widehat{P}_{\mathcal{E}} be the corresponding normal and tangential components.

Non-spin extension conjecture. Theorem 3.1 holds even if MM is not spin; equivalently,

EE±cosα(PE)nsinαP^E.E_{\mathcal{E}} \pm \cos\alpha\, (P_{\mathcal{E}})_n \geq \sin\alpha\, |\widehat{P}_{\mathcal{E}}|.

The result is proved in the paper for spin initial data sets, whereas the non-spin case is explicitly stated to remain unknown. A dimension-three proof is noted separately, but the general non-spin extension remains open.

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Daoqiang Liu, “Tilted spacetime positive mass theorem with arbitrary ends”, arXiv:2311.15252 (2023).

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