Bondi mass limits and mass loss for boosted Kerr stability

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Let (γ,k)(\gamma,k) be the initial data from Theorem~, with ADM mass m0\mathfrak m_0 and vanishing linear momentum, let gg be the resulting spacetime metric, and set χ=12SL\chi=\frac12\|\mathsf S\|_{L^\infty}. Let MBM_B denote the Bondi mass defined using the level sets of tt_* on I+\mathscr I^+, and let \slashedπ0\slashed\pi_0 and \slashedg\slashed g denote the asymptotic radiation field and metric. Bondi mass conjecture. The Bondi mass of ϕSg\phi_\mathsf S^*g satisfies

limtMB(ϕSg;t)=m0,limt+MB(ϕSg;t)=mcoshχ,\lim_{t_*\to-\infty}M_B(\phi_\mathsf S^*g;t_*)=\mathfrak m_0,\qquad \lim_{t_*\to+\infty}M_B(\phi_\mathsf S^*g;t_*)=\mathfrak m\cosh\chi,

and obeys

dduMB(ϕSg;u)=132πI+{t=u}rt\slashedπ0(ϕSh)\slashedg2d\slashedg.\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm d u}M_B(\phi_\mathsf S^*g;u)=-\frac{1}{32\pi}\int_{\mathscr I^+\cap\{t_*=u\}}\left|r\partial_{t_*}\slashed\pi_0(\phi_\mathsf S^*h)\right|_{\slashed g}^2\,\mathrm d\slashed g.

The conjecture would imply mcoshχm0\mathfrak m\cosh\chi\leq\mathfrak m_0, expressing that the final Bondi energy cannot exceed the initial energy after accounting for energy carried away by gravitational radiation. Establishing the formula requires higher-order asymptotic computations than those used for nonlinear stability, and the source leaves it open.

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Peter Hintz, “Nonlinear stability of subextremal Kerr black holes”, arXiv:2606.28253 (2026).

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